A Circuit Court in Accra has given a 10-year jail sentence to a 28-year-old man. He was found guilty of stealing several mobile phones.
The court ordered that the sentence include hard labour. This means the punishment is serious.
The man was arrested by a vigilante group. They caught him in the act of stealing the phones.
Details of the specific phones stolen have not been fully released.
The vigilante group handed the suspect over to the police. Investigations followed the arrest.
The mobile phones were reportedly taken over a period of time.
The prosecution presented evidence to the court. This evidence led to the conviction.
The court took into account the number of devices stolen when deciding the sentence.