Ashanti Region: Woman jailed six years for child theft
Priscilla Adutwumwaa, an unemployed resident of Kokofu in the Bekwai Municipality was found guilty of the charge of child stealing
A circuit court at Old Tafo in Kumasi has sentenced a woman to six years imprisonment for stealing a four-year-old girl at Mampongteng in the Ashanti Region.
Priscilla Adutwumwaa, 21, an unemployed resident of Kokofu in the Bekwai Municipality was found guilty of the charge of child stealing contrary to Section 93 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).
The court presided over by Lawrencia A A D Gyamfi convicted Adutwumwaa on her plea during proceedings on Thursday (11 January).
The prosecution told the court that Abena Owusuwaa a trader at Mampongteng in the Kwabre East Municipality reported her missing four-year-old daughter to the police on 16 December 2023.
The court heard that investigations led by the police at Mampongteng led to the arrest of Adutwumwaa together with the victim at Adum on 3 January 2024.
The convict was later arraigned for prosecution. The victim, Asaase News understands has reunited with her family.
Reporting By Jonathan Ofori, Ashanti Region
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