ISHMAEL ADJEI AKA AKWASI YAAFO vs. THE REPUBLIC

JUDGMENT The appellant was arraigned before the District Court Nyankomasi Ahenkro on the charges of Conspiracy to commit crime namely Defrauding by False Pretences contrary to section 23(1) and 131 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and the substantive offence of Defrauding by False Pretences contrary to section 131 of the same Act. The facts of the case as presented by the prosecution are the complainants Mercy Akyea –Adjei aka Akua is a farmer aged 32 years and Emmanuel Appiah a businessman aged 23 years. They both reside at Assin Dawomako. The appellant aged 28 years is also a businessman and a carpenter deals in second hand clothes. He resides at Assin Foso Pumpside. On 29th December 2021 one of the complainants Mercy Akyea Adjei received a phone call on her MTN No 0599585079 from a user of Vodafone NO. 0204935273 indicating that the user was an official of MTN Network working at their Head Office in Accra. The caller told her that a customer had made a wrongful.....