An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old laborer who stole electrical wires worth GH 73,000 from Quality Properties Real Estate to three years in prison.

The cables were taken on July 1, 2023, in East Legon Hills, Accra, by Daniel Atiah, the offender.

Atiah pleaded guilty to charges of stealing, making unlawful entrance, and inflicting damage.

Atiah prayed the court to forgive him, pleading, “I will never repeat the act again.”

Atiah was found guilty in the court presided over by Mrs. Sedinam Awo Balokah based on his plea.

Philip Konetey, the subject of the complaint, is the managing director of Quality Properties Real Estate, according to the prosecution team, lead by Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo.

The corporation, according to Chief Inspector Lanyo, has buildings in East Legon Hills.

According to the prosecution, the defendant lived in Nanakrom.

According to the prosecution, on July 1, 2023, around 8:30 am, the complainant gave his employee Isaac Aboagye, a witness in the case, the order to get some tiles from one of the rooms in the company's East Legon Hills building where construction supplies were housed.

According to the report, Atiah suddenly emerged from the premises through a window carrying a large quantity of stolen electrical cables as Aboagye approached and prepared to unlock the door.

According to the prosecution, Atiah fled when he sensed danger but was pursued by Aboagye and another witness named Hayford Bempong, who eventually caught him and turned him over to the police.

Investigations, according to the statement, however, showed that Atiah broke a burglar-proof glass to illegally enter one of the company's buildings and took the electrical cords that were found on him.