Hairdresser in court for 47 million cedis
unpaid bills
Tema {Greater Accra} 29 March 2000
Frank Amegadzi, trader and Baba Seidu, driver on Tuesday appeared before a Tema Community Tribunal charged with robbing the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) in Tema of 73 million cedis.
The tribunal chaired by Nana Agyemang Badu II did not take their plea but remanded them in custody to re-appear on 11 April.
The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Margaret Nunoo asked the tribunal to remand the accused persons in custody to allow the Police enough time to carry out full investigations into the case.
Mr Osafo Buabeng, Counsel for Amegadzi had applied for bail for his client saying that the facts did not directly connect him except that he was picked at an identification parade.
He explained that a mistake could be made at an identification parade since one could be mistaken for another person.
Nana Agyemang Badu said it was necessary to allow the Police enough time to investigate because of the gravity of the case and the national interest.
Chief Inspector Nunoo told the Tribunal that at 08:30 hours on 10 December 1999, Amegadzi, Seidu and four others on the run armed with AK 47 rifle attacked the ADB Agency at the Mankoadze Market Roundabout in Tema.
She said the robbers took away a steel box containing 73 million cedis and fired indiscriminately into the air to scare the people around, drove in a Land Cruiser without a registration number and sped away.
Chief Inspector Nunoo said the armed robbers abandoned the vehicle, stolen from the owner the previous day, at Ashale Botwe.
She said the Tema Police in February this year, carried out a dawn swoop in some parts of Tema and Accra where they arrested some suspected criminals and kept them at the Police Headquarters, Accra.
Two days later, an identification parade was held where Amegadzi was picked and he later led the Police to arrest Seidu.
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Hairdresser in court for 47 million cedis
unpaid bills
Accra {Greater Accra Region} 29 March 2000
Anita Tetteh, a hairdresser, who allegedly caused the Ghana Telecom to install two telephones and International Direct Dialling (IDD) facilities under the name of Adwoa Darkwa but could not settle her bill of 47 million cedis on Tuesday appeared before a circuit tribunal in Accra.
Anita, 26, pleaded not guilty to causing loss to a public body and was granted 47 million cedis bail with one surety to reappear on 5 May.
Prosecuting, Police Inspector James Anneh-Kwame told the tribunal, chaired by Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson Yebuah, that the complainant is the Manager of the Teshie branch of Ghana Telecom and that the accused also lives at Teshie.
Inspector Anneh-Kwame said in September, last year, the accused applied to Ghana Telecom for two telephones lines which were allocated to her with theese numbers 716362 and 716263, including IDD facilities
He said the accused falsely applied under the name Adwoa Darkwa.
The prosecutor said Anita, having accumulated telephone bills to the tune of 47 million cedis moved into a new house.
He said the Management of Ghana Telecom reported the matter to the police who, upon a tip-off, arrested Anita.
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