EDMUND TENKORANG vs. THE REPUBLIC

On the 5/3/2012 the appellant was found guilty of stealing under Section 124 of Act 29/60 and sentenced to 3 years with hard labour and order to refund an amount of Gh¢11,002.40 to the company. It is against this conviction and sentence that the appellant has appealed to this court. The stated grounds of appeal are that 1 The learned judge erred when he convicted and sentenced the accused person when the elements' constituting the charge of stealing was not proved by the prosecution and or beyond reasonable doubt. 2 The learned judge relied on decided authorities that are inapplicable to the instant case to convict the accused person 3 The learned judge reliance on the testimony of PW1 and PW4 to convict accused person was misconceived having regard to the witnesses testimony 4 The learned judge erred in not giving adequate consideration to the evidence of the defence and 5 The conviction cannot be supported having regard to the evidence. After carefully examining the gr....