JOYCE OMARI AND GHANA POLICE SERVICE [2001]DLCHRAJ5946

Date	2001-04-13
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/1957/2000/505
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ5946

D.K. OFOSU QUARTEY

[2001]DLCHRAJ5946
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">JOYCE OMARI<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">GHANA POLICE SERVICE<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/1957/2000/505&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 13/04/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>D.K.
OFOSU QUARTEY S UPERVISING PRIN. LEGAL OFFICER FOR COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>In
a complaint filed on the 9th of October 2001, the Complainant stated that she
reported a theft case to the Respondent, but her case had not been dealt with,
so she wanted the Commission's intervention to enable the matter be dealt with
expeditiously..<o:p></o:p>COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant stated in her complaint that thieves broke into her salon and made
away with a lot of items including her cellular phone. She reported the matter
to the Respondent and consequently some suspects were arrested. Later, the
prime suspect was released upon a proposed settlement of the matter at home.
She indicated finally that the Respondent had failed to have the matter
prosecuted. She therefore implored the Commission's intervention to have the
matter expeditiously handled.<o:p></o:p>RESPONDENT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>In
its comments to the Commission, the Respondent stated that some suspects
involved in the theft case were apprehended but had to be released because the
real suspects were on the run, making it difficult to prosecute the ones who
had been arrested on mere suspicion.<o:p></o:p>However,
the family of one of the suspects who actually bought the cellular phones from
the prime suspect paid for the cellular phone and refunded the missing money as
well.<o:p></o:p>The Respondent indicated further that even
though the Complainant had recovered her missing money and had had the full
cost of her cellular phone paid to her, the case was still under
investigations.<o:p></o:p>COMMISSION'S FINDINGS<o:p></o:p>The
Commission invited the Complainant for some further discussions on her
petition, but she failed or refused to honour our invitations to her for
discussions making it difficult to continue with investigations.<o:p></o:p>The
Commission is therefore of the view that it is not worth investigating this
matter any further since the matter appears lapsed or abandoned. It therefore
ceases further investigations in accordance with Section 13(1)(b) of Act 456
which states as follows:<o:p></o:p>