Carpenter swindles policeman, banker
A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mr William Boampong, has sentenced a 36-year-old carpenter to nine months’ imprisonment for defrauding a police officer and a banker.
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Yaw Anthony Kyeremeh was also ordered by the court to pay the amount he collected from the complainants after serving the sentence.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretence and was convicted on his own plea.
The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Gulliver Tenkorang, said that the complainants in the case were Eric Oduro, a police officer and George Odei, a banker.
He said somewhere in February, Oduro contracted Kyeremeh to design 14 doors for his house at Sutreso in the Kumasi Metropolis.
Kyeremeh, according to Chief Inspector Tenkorang, charged GH¢920 for the doors after he had taken the measurement, which the complainant paid.
According to the prosecutor, during the month of July, Kyeremeh sent some pictures of the doors to Oduro and told him that he had finished with the work.
Based on the assurance Kyeremeh gave to Oduro, he introduced him to his friend, Odei, who also engaged Kyeremeh to make door frames for him.
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According to Chief Inspector Tenkorang, on November 13, 2013, Oduro and Odei invited Kyeremeh to Kumasi where he was taken to the site of Odei to take the measurement for the door frames.
After taking the measurement Kyeremeh, according to the prosecutor, charged GH¢1,100 for the frames and was paid by his client.
He also charged an additional GH¢600 to supply ceiling joints to Oduro and Odei and was also paid an additional GH¢200 to take care of his transportation. After that transaction, nothing was heard from Kyeremeh again.
According to Chief Inspector Tenkorang, on December 8, 2013, the two friends travelled to Bibiani in the Western Region to look for Kyeremeh but they could not trace him.
He said Oduro and Odei again travelled to Bibiani on December 19, 2013, after they became suspicious of Kyeremeh’s behaviour to look for him.
The prosecutor said the two later got information that Kyeremeh had gone into hiding when he had the information that Oduro and Odei had been looking for him.
A surveillance was placed on him and with the help of an informant, he was later arrested.