JOHN COBBINA vs THE REPUBLIC [2020]DLSC8800

Date	2020-02-19
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEALNO. J3/07/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLSC8800

DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING)

GBADEGBE JSC

PWAMANG JSC

DORDZIE (MRS) JSC

KOTEY JSC

ALFRED TUAH YEBOAH FOR THE APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

FRANCES MULLEN ANSAH CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.

[2020]DLSC8800
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOHN COBBINA<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CRIMINAL APPEALNO. J3/07/2019&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: 19TH FEBRUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALFRED TUAH YEBOAH FOR THE APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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FRANCES MULLEN ANSAH, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR
RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>DOTSE JSC (PRESIDING), GBADEGBE JSC, PWAMANG JSC,
DORDZIE (MRS) JSC, KOTEY JSC <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>DORDZIE
(MRS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>FACTS: The
appellant in this court, John Cobbina, was the 1st accused at the
trial court. Until his arrest and subsequent trial, he was employed by J Adom
Ltd. as an accounts officer and was responsible for most of the company’s daily
accounting transactions including payment of staff, most of whom were wage
earners at the company’s contraction sites and quarry at Nsenmere. At a point
in time, the management of J Adom Ltd. noticed huge loses in the company’s
accounts it therefore engaged an audit firm E. Osei &amp; Associates to audit
the company’s accounts. The findings made by the auditors led to a complaint to
the police and the arrest of the appellant and other employees of J Adom Ltd.
After investigations the appellant and one Eugene Amoako-Mensah of Zenith bank,
Sunyani branch, who acted as the relationship officer for the company in the
said bank, were charged with various offences. The details of the charges as
disclosed in the charge sheet are stated below:&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>&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; Count
One<o:p></o:p>&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; Statement of
Offence<o:p></o:p>Conspiracy
to commit crime; namely; stealing: contrary to 23(1) and s. 124(1) of the
Criminal offences Act, 1960 (Act 29/60)<o:p></o:p>&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; Particulars of
Offence<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
John Cobbina and 2. Eugene Amoako-Mensah: During
the years, 2011 and 2012 at Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region did act together
with a common purpose to commit crime, namely stealing.<o:p></o:p>&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; Count Two<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Statement of Offence <o:p></o:p>Conspiracy
to commit crime; namely; money laundering: Contrary to 23(1) and S 3 of the
Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2008 (Act 749)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb</main>