Seth Kwasi Obeng, 41, farmer, who harvested plantain worth about GH� 30 from another farmer�s arm, has been sentenced 12 months in prison in hard labour by the Akim Swedru Circuit Court.
The court, presided over by Yaw Atta Sampong, Sentenced Obeng, who admitted to harvesting the produce on Opanin Debrah�s farm but added that it was his first time of stealing on the farm.
The prosecution had told the court that Opanin Debrah, 47, the complainant, hailed from Akm Awisa while ht convict was citizen of Akim Amantia, but based at Akim Oda Old Town.
He said in recent times Opanin Debrah had been experiencing thefts of plantain from his farm, situated at Atensua, near Akim Awisa and when several attempts to arrest the culprit failed he decided to lay ambush.
The prosecution said on February 28, at about 5:30 am, Opanin Debrah and his wife, Madam Mary Debrah, caught Obeng who had harvested some of the plantain.
He said when Obeng spotted the couple, he attempted attacking them with his cutlass, but Opanin Debrah dared him so Obeng abandoned the cutlass and took to his heels.
The prosecution said Obeng was given a hot chase and arrested in a nearby palm plantation and handed over to the Akim Swedru Police
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