A 27-year-old passenger of the driver has been jailed for 18 months at an Accra court for stealing an Uber driver’s phone worth GHC 500 in Teshie Accra. Clement Adjei Adjetey charged with theft, pleads guilty.
The court presided over by Mrs. Afia Owusua Appiah convicted Adjetey on his own plea and sentenced him accordingly.
Police Inspector Wisdom Alorwu read the facts that the complainant, Joseph Ohene, is an uber driver residing in Teshie and the accused, now convicted, also resides in the same vicinity.
On 9 September this year at about 06:00 hours, the complainant had a request from a client in Teshie and when he arrived at the pick-up point at the Teshie Star Oil service station, he parked his vehicle to wait for the said client.
Inspector Alorwu said Adjetey and one Jana Ashie, now at large, emerged from behind the complainant’s car and Adjetey snatched the complainant’s Infinix XOS phone from his hand.
The prosecution said Adjetey and his accomplice chased Ashie but the complainant raised the alarm and some witnesses in the area apprehended them with the stolen phone.
However, according to the prosecutor, Ashie managed to escape but Adjetey was handed over to the police.
