THE REPUBLIC vs. AARON KWESI KAITOO MECHANICAL LLOYD PLC [2020]DLHC10419

Date	2020-08-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FTRM/198/14
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10419

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)

MR. ALFRED AGYEI-MENSAH FOR THE APPLICANT PRESENT

MR. PETER ZWENNES FOR THE COMPLAINANT/JUDGMENT- CREDITOR/ RESPONDENT PRESENT

[2020]DLHC10419
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AARON KWESI KAITOO<o:p></o:p>(CONVICT/APPELLANT /JUDGMENT-DEBTOR /APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>MECHANICAL LLOYD PLC<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT/JUDGMENT
CREDITOR)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. FTRM/198/14&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:
5TH AUGUST, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. ALFRED AGYEI-MENSAH FOR THE APPLICANT
PRESENT<o:p></o:p>MR. PETER ZWENNES FOR THE
COMPLAINANT/JUDGMENT-<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE
(MRS.)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;This is an application on notice brought for and on
behalf of the Convict/Appellant Judgment Debtor/Applicant pursuant to section Order
19 of C.I. 47 and the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459) as amended seeking an order
for the suspension of the operation and execution of Order for restitution and
Judgment of this Court dated the 31st of July, 2019 premised on the
accompanying affidavit and for any further orders that this Court may deem
fit.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The antecedents of this case are that the Respondent was arraigned
before this Court on a charge sheet filed on the 29th of July, 2014
with the following charges levelled against him;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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On counts&nbsp; One through to
fifty-eight&nbsp; with Stealing contrary to
section 124 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, (Act 29), and;<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
On counts fifty-nine through to sixty-three with Money Laundering
contrary to section 1 (1) of the Anti- Money Laundering Act, 2008 (Act 749).<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;FACTS: <o:p></o:p>The facts of the
case that were presented to the court upon filing the first charge sheet before
this court on the 29th July, 2014, and which was substituted with
the one upon which the Applicant was convicted,&nbsp;
are that the Accused was the General Manager, Finance and Administration
of Mechanical Lloyd Company Limited, a company that deals in automobiles. He
joined the organization in 1990 as an assistant accountant and rose to his
last-held position in January 2009.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;