Driver Sentenced Into Prison For Stealing 38 Fowls

The Dorma Ahenkro District Court in Dorma Central Municipality, Bono Region, convicted two accomplices of trying to steal 38 fowls worth GH¢1,520 and fined them 120 units each.

Convicted workers Kwabena Yeboah, 22, and Atta Kwaku Oppong, 39, each served 12-month prison sentences, while another worker, Kwaku Atta, a third convicted, was sentenced to 100 units for collusion with Yeboah and Oppong “with a common purpose to commit a crime.” 

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They all pleaded guilty to one count, but only Yeboah and Oppon pleaded guilty to two counts, as Atta was not involved when the crimes were implicated.

Inspector (P/Inspt) Emmanuel Asare said in a court chaired by Osei Kofi Amoako that the applicant, Effah Asbonteng, is a poultry farmer and lives in Dormaa-Ahenkro, while the accused is a poultry farm employee. I said yes. Kyeremasu district in Dorma East of Bono region.

He said that the applicant had been aware for some time that his chickens and eggs had been stolen from the poultry farm, so he decided to continue surveillance.

P/Insp. Asare noted 10:30 a.m. on October 8th of this year, the claimant was walking on the farm and found a bag containing 38 dead chickens. There is a hut where Yeboah worked every day.

He added that at around 1 pm the same day, a complaint was lodged with the Kielemas Police Station regarding the arrest of the prisoner and that the defendant confessed to the crime during the investigation and was subsequently charged.

Meanwhile, a Nigerian student has been deported from the United Kingdom (UK) for exceeding the maximum working hours (limit) per day.

Under UK labor law he cannot be in paid employment for more than 20 hours out of a 24 hour day.

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A Twitter user named @Oludeewon posted this article, claiming that foreign students are legally not allowed to work more than 20 hours a week in the UK.

The Nigerian appears to have violated a student visa provision that forbids him to work more than 20 hours a week.

Unfortunately, he had his visa revoked because he didn’t follow the rules and didn’t meet the requirements.