A 70-year-old pensioner, who defrauded a businesswoman in Kumasi, has
been granted a GH¢2,000.00 bail with two sureties by the Nkawie Circuit Court.
The plea of Kwadwo Osei Adu, was not taken, and
he would make another appearance before the court, presided by Mr Michael
Johnson Abbey, on June 27, this year.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of
Police (ASP) Sylvanus Dalmeida told the court that the accused was a retired
settlement planner, while the complainant was a businesswoman, living in
Kumasi.
The court heard that in the year 2003, the
accused, who posed as the chief of Odeneho Kwadaso, a suburb of Kumasi, sold
land to the complainant at a cost of GH¢ 4,000.00.
Prosecution said the accused later stopped the
complainant from developing the land, claiming somebody was contesting ownership
of the land.
ASP Dalmeida said somewhere last year, the
complainant detected that another person was developing the land and informed
the accused.
He said accused
could not give any tangible explanation to the complainant, and so she reported
the case to the Nkawie police.
ASP Dalmeida said accused was arrested and upon investigations, it was revealed that the land does not belong to him. – GNA
