Cashier gets 6 years for dishonestly appropriating GH¢145,053
The Tema Circuit Court B has sentenced Georgina Mensah, a 25-year-old cashier, to six years imprisonment for dishonestly appropriating GH¢145,053.50 belonging to Nana Pokua Saka, a businesswoman.
The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Stella Odame, told the court presided over by Ms Bertha Aniagyei, that the complainant, Nana Saka, is a businesswoman and the General Manageress of MJ Comet Enterprise, suppliers of building material at Global Estate Community 25, Tema.
ASP Odame said accused was a Sale’s Girl and cashier for the company.
The prosecution told the court that on July 3, 2020, Nana Saka took stock covering January 10, 2019, to July 1, 2020, and discovered that GH¢145,053.50 could not be accounted for by the accused.
ASP Odame said Mensah was arrested and investigation caution statement was obtained from her.
The court heard that a search conducted in accused’s abode, revealed 21 invoices of the company bearing the names of different customers and signed by accused.
ASP Odame said the phone numbers of the customers were found in
her room.
The court heard that during investigations, accused brought GH¢10,000, one Dell Laptop, one Apsonic tricycle with registration number M-19-GT 2773, together with valid documents of the tricycle, to the police station.
ASP Odame said during investigations, an accounting firm was contracted, and it audited the ‘books’ of accused and submitted a report.
After investigations, the accused person was charged with the respective offences and arraigned before court. —GNA
