The Kwadaso Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a 29-year-old labourer to ten months’ imprisonment for stealing GH¢12,000 at Kumasi-Santasi.

The convict, Emmanuel Frimpong, also known as Ebo Noah, pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted on his own plea. The court was presided over by Mr Jephthah Appau.

Presenting the facts, Police Chief Inspector David Opoku Kwabi told the court that the complainant, Blackjew Appiah, is a sales officer with a Unilever products distribution company operating at Santasi. Emmanuel Frimpong was employed by the company as a labourer.

According to the prosecution, on January 7, 2026, the complainant visited a mobile money vendor, Leticia Gyamfi, to withdraw GH¢12,000 from his mobile money wallet. After the transaction was approved, the vendor was unable to raise the full amount immediately and asked for some time to mobilise the cash. The complainant agreed and left.

When the vendor later raised the full amount, she noticed that the convict had come to the same location to deposit money into his mobile wallet. The vendor contacted the complainant by phone and informed him that she intended to give the cash to the convict to deliver to him at the office. The complainant agreed to the arrangement.

The court heard that after receiving the GH¢12,000, Emmanuel Frimpong failed to deliver the money as agreed. Instead, he travelled to a hotel in Cape Coast in the Central Region, where he stayed for four days. Prosecution told the court that during this period, he spent the money.

After leaving Cape Coast, the convict travelled to Wromanso in the Amansie East District of the Ashanti Region. When the complainant realised the money had not been delivered, a report was made to the police at Suntreso.

Police investigations led to the arrest of Emmanuel Frimpong at Wromanso. After investigations were completed, he was charged with stealing and put before the court.

Following his guilty plea, the court sentenced him to ten months’ imprisonment. The conviction brings the case to a close at the circuit court level.