29-year-old man sentenced for attempting to withdraw $800 with stolen cheque book
A 29-year-old unemployed man who stole the chequebook and other valuables of an electrical engineer has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for forgery.
Eriyo Victor Adrian Abel was sentenced for attempting to withdraw $800 from the CAL Bank account of the electrical engineer using the stolen cheque book.
He pleaded guilty to the forgery charge when he appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, and thus his sentence.
Abel was also accused of attempting to commit crime contrary to section 18 & 124 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 and stealing contrary to section 124 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, (Act 29).
He, however pleaded not guilty to the last two counts.
In all, he is to answer to three counts.
Prosecution has since been ordered to file their disclosures to prove the last two charges against the accused person.
The facts of the case presented by Inspector Samuel Ahiabor was that the complainant Isaac Kwaku Bortsie is an electrical engineer at AB Solar Africa Limited and resides at Tema, Community 10.
The accused on the other hand is Eriyo Victor Adrian Abel, unemployed and resides at Tip-Toe Lane, Kwame Nkrumah Interchange.
On May 19, 2021, the complainant was travelling with his luggage containing cash amount of GHC1,500.00, a Samsung laptop with its charger, a Techno phone charger, CAL Bank cheque booklets, receipts and invoices, DVLA cover notes, complimentary cards and other documents from Accra to Kumasi with a VIP bus.
The complainant is said to have boarded the bus with his luggage, but few minutes before the bus took off he realised that his luggage was missing.
In light of happenings, the complainant lodged an official complaint to police and his bank.
Prosecution said on May 31, 2021, at 1:00pm, the accused ran out of luck when the Bank Manager (CAL Bank) Ring Road branch arrested and brought to the station the accused person.
The accused is said to have forged the complainant’s signature on his cheque leaflet with an amount of $800 to be cashed without the consent of the complainant.
A search conducted on the accused person revealed CAL Bank cheque books, DVLA cover notes, complimentary cards, receipts and invoices and other documents all belonging to the complainant.
The accused admitted the offence in his caution statement but failed to account for the complainant’s Samsung laptop, external drive and cash amount of GH1,500.00.
After investigation, he was charged with the offence and arraigned before court.