The Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced two men to 17 years in prison for their involvement in the theft of electronic equipment valued at CHF298,900 in Okponglo, Accra.
James Ugochukwu Mwobi, a 33-year-old businessman, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for crimes including criminal damage, theft and illegal entry.
His co-defendant, 36-year-old Solomon Ortiz, was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy and fraudulently receiving stolen property.
The two defendants admitted the charges.
A tribunal presided over by Sedinam Awo Kwadam convicted them based on their own pleas.
The accomplice, known as Audu Mamdu (also known as Focus), remains at large.
Prosecutors, led by Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, informed the court that the complainant, Frederick Sackey, was a businessman.
Chief Inspector Ranyo said Mwobi and Otis were business partners operating in the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
On September 26, 2024, Sakki visited a shop in Okponglo that sells laptops, mobile phones, tablets and their accessories.
Prosecutors said Sackey realized the second-floor storage room had been burglarized after the thieves cut out and damaged the security bars on the windows.
They stole 91 various laptops and 51 tablets worth GHC366,200 and fled through a window with the stolen items.
Prosecutors revealed that on September 29, 2024, one of the stolen tablets, identified by serial number GPSZ2024070418582, was found on display in a showcase at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange. .
On September 30, 2024, the owner of the showcase and a witness to the incident, Stephen Akwaboah, was arrested and the tablet was subsequently recovered.
The prosecution informed the court that Stephen Akwaboah identified Charles Chubaik Eze, also a telemarketer, and was subsequently arrested.
Eze claimed that Ortiz sold him the stolen tablet and other items.
After this, Ortiz was arrested and revealed that he had purchased two tablets from an unknown person.
The prosecution informed the court that on October 3, 2024, police gathered information indicating that two laptops matching the complainant’s description of the stolen goods were found in Tiptoe Lane, Circle. .
A team of police personnel was dispatched to the area where they arrested one person, Mr. Chukwuemeka Itiri, who was also a witness to the incident.
Prosecutors said Itiri disclosed that Mr Mwobi had given him the laptop for sale.
He then directed police to Plus One Lodge where Mwobi was arrested.
A subsequent search of Mwobi’s room resulted in the recovery of two tablets and a laptop, all of which were found to belong to the complainant.
The prosecution said investigations revealed that on September 26, 2024, Mwobi broke into Sakki’s warehouse in Okponro.
He used pliers to break the metal bars on the windows, gain entry to the room, and steal 91 laptops and 51 tablets.
Prosecutors said Mwobi contacted Ortiz and Mamdu the same day and told them he wanted to dispose of the stolen items.
On September 26, 2024, Otis and Mamdu met Mwobi in his room at Plus One Lodge and received 21 Oteeto tablets and 22 laptops.
Prosecutors said Otis initially paid Mwobi GH¢1,000 before leaving with the stolen goods.
Prosecutors said Mwobi confessed to the crime and Ortiz admitted selling the 19 pills to Victoria Osei-Prak, a witness in the case, for CHF250 each.
He convinced her (Prak) that the pills were brought by his brother from Dubai.
Prosecutors announced that 19 tablets were recovered.
Mamdouh reportedly became aware of the situation and hid himself.
On October 4, 2024, Mwobi led police to Sakki’s store and confirmed that this was where the laptop and tablet were stolen.
Prosecutors said 22 tablets and three laptops were recovered and efforts to arrest Mamdouh continued.
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