CARLOS COKER, NOEL MORTON MOSS AND TUNDE ALABI vs. THE REPUBLIC [2014]DLCA4515

Date	2014-01-31
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/3/2011
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA4515

E. K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING)

IRENE C. DANQUAH J.A.

TANKO I. O. AMADU J.A.

[2014]DLCA4515
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CARLOS COKER, NOEL MORTON MOSS AND TUNDE ALABI<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">(APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">vs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">THE
REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[COURT OF
APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">CRIMINAL
APPEAL NO:&nbsp; H2/3/2011&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: 31ST JANUARY,
2014<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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E.
K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING), IRENE C. DANQUAH J.A., TANKO I. O. AMADU J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>This appeal emanated from
the conviction and sentence of the appellants herein and one Awudu Musa @
Mustapha on 20th July 2009 by a Kumasi High Court on the charges of:<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Conspiracy to
defraud by false pretences contrary to sections 23(1) and 131 of Act 29 of 1960
as amended by NLCD 398, and <o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Defrauding by
false pretences contrary to section 131 of Act 29 of 1960 as amended by NLCD
398.<o:p></o:p>The basis of the trial and
the conviction of the appellant and Musa Awudu are as follows:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The appellants and Mustapha
directly and indirectly represented to the complainant Alhaji Dauda Abu, that
they were employees of World Wide Organisation, a subsidiary or an agency of
the United Nations Organisation with its headquarters in South Africa.&nbsp; The appellants further represented to the
complainant that their Organisation was desirous of putting up schools and
hospitals in needy communities in Kumasi at a cost of US$3million and that they
had identified him as a pious and an honest man who could control and manage
the projects.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Thus on the instructions of
the appellants and Mustapha, complainant acquired a piece of land and a house
as an abode for appellants to kick start the project.&nbsp; The complainant was to pre-finance the cost
involved and be re-imbursed when the US$3million was released.&nbsp; The complainant was later instructed to come
for the money in Togo.&nbsp; When complainant
told them he could not carry such a huge sum of money, the venue of delivery
was changed to Accra at an extra cost.&nbsp;
In Accra, complainant was handed a box wrapped in brown papers.&nbsp; But then complainant received instructions
not to open the box until he had sought the assistance of certain people who
turned out to be members of a syndicate known to each othe</main>