KINGSTON ASAMOAH vs. THE REPUBLIC

DOMAKYAAREH (MRS), J. A. 1. In this appeal, the appellant is challenging the sentence of 5 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour imposed on him for falsification of Accounts and 9 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour for stealing both to run concurrently as being “excessively onerous”. The facts of the case that led to the conviction of the appellant by the High Court, Kumasi on 25th January 2013 and his attendant sentencing arose from how he performed his duties at his workplace. 2. The appellant was the Depot Keeper/Clerk of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) at Bekwai ‘B’ District while the complainants in the case are Yaw Sarpong, Deputy Regional Manager of the PBC at Kumasi and Owusu Agyei, the District Manager of the PBC, Bekwai ‘B’ District. The job description of the appellant assigned him the responsibility of receiving cocoa beans bought by purchasing clerks within his area of operation, namely, Bekwai “B” District. He was also to issue them with waybills for s...