Lambert Tetteh, a 42-year-old Cocoa Purchasing Clerk, was on Friday put before the Asamankese Circuit Court charged with defrauding by false pretences.
The Prosecution said on December 20, 2007, Tetteh at Asamankese with intent to defraud did obtain GH� 3,075 from Justice George Baah, under the pretext of providing him with 41 bags of dried cocoa beans, a representation, which he knew at the time of making to be false.
Tetteh pleaded not guilty and was granted GHC 2,000 bail with one surety.
Police Chief Inspector Kate Ogyiri, prosecuting, told the Court that the complainant, Baah, was a District Manager of Diaby Limited, a cocoa purchasing company at Asamankese, while the accused was a purchasing clerk of Adwumapa Buying Company Limited.
She said on December 20, 2007, Tetteh sold 38 bags of cocoa to Baah and he was paid. Thereafter, he told Baah that he could provide another 41 bags of cocoa, which were with a number of cocoa farmers.
The Prosecutor said Tetteh further stated that those farmers would only release the cocoa provided he could pay them immediately so Baah obliged and gave him an amount of GH� 3,075 to pay for the 41 bags of cocoa and convey them to him.
Having received the amount Tetteh went into hiding.
On August 8, 2009, Baah had information that Tetteh had returned to Asuokaw where he lived and a report was then made to the Police and he was arrested.
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