EMMANUEL KWAME BANSAH vs. THE REPUBLIC

JUDGMENT WELBOURNE, J.A This appeal emanates from the High Court, Accra dated 19th July 2019. The parties will be known as Appellant and Respondent. The brief facts of this case are that the complainant is the CEO of Sarago Company Limited; a company that deals in the importation of assorted rice into Ghana. During the month of January 2015, the complainant imported 45,762 bags of Aroma Vietnam Jasmine Rice from MOI International Limited of Singapore and deposited same in a Customs Bonded Warehouse at Tema. On 15th March, 2015, the complainant received a telephone call from his haulage office that some thieves went and tied up the security officers and broke into the warehouse and stole some of the rice. The Complainant immediately reported the matter to police. During investigations, it came to light that on 6th March, 2015, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6 who were security officers with G4S Security Company on duty at Premix Ghana Limited conspired and approached A1 and A7 to get some peopl...