House helps steals over 1million Dollars from Ministers house
An 18years old house help named Patience Botwe and 30 Years old Sarah Agyei have been arraigned before An Accra circuit Court for their involvement in the theft of over 1 million dollars belonging to Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister for Sanitation and water resources and her husband.
Patience and Sarah are facing one count of conspiracy to commit a crime and five counts of stealing an amount of US$1 million, millions of Ghana Cedis, and other items.
the said amount was stolen between July and October 2022.
Three others were also charged with the same crime according to court proceedings.
below are charges leveled against all five
The first accused (A1) Patience Botwe @ Maabena was a house help to the complainants.
The second accused (A2) Sarah Agyei is unemployed and a former house help to the complainants.
The third accused (A3) Benjamin Sowah is the boyfriend of A1. The fourth accused (A4) Kwaku Botwe is A1’s father.
The Fifth accused (A5) Malik Dauda is A1’s former boyfriend. Sometime in June 2023, the complainants reported a theft of cash and some personal effects as indicated on the face of the charge sheet.
Before that A1 who was a house help to the complainants was caught having opened and entered the bedroom of the complainants with a duplicate key. Upon intelligence, A1 and A3 were arrested at their hideout in Tamale in the Northern Region.
A search conducted in their room revealed USD 40,000 and GH¢72,619.70. Police investigation revealed that, sometime in October 2022, complainant Daniel Osei Kuffour returned from town to observe that their bedroom which was locked had been opened and heard an unusual noise therein.
He entered the room and found A1 hiding behind the door therein. Subsequently, the complainants detected theft of properties indicated on the face of the charge sheet. Further investigations revealed that A1 used part of the stolen money to buy a three-bedroom house at Amrahia for Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000) UDS.
The following brand-new items which A1 used some of the stolen money to buy were also retrieved from the said house: One double-decker refrigerator, one television set, one washing machine, one chest freezer, one gas cooker, one water dispenser, and related items. A1 and A3 also indicated that they used some of the stolen money to buy a Hyundai Elantra with registration number GE 9771-23 for Eighty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢80,000.00).
A1 also gave One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢180,000.00) to A3 who used the same to purchase an unregistered Honda Civic car with DV plate number 4903-23 which same have been retrieved.
The investigation also disclosed that A1 and A3 used parts of the stolen money to rent a three-bedroom apartment at Tamale at a total cost of One Hundred and Five Thousand Six Hundred Cedis (GH¢105,600.00) for a period of two years.
Additionally, A1 and A3 used part of the stolen money to rent a store room at Tamale at a total cost of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Ghana Cedis (120,000.00). A1 admitted the offense and mentioned A2 as her accomplice to the effect that, when they were working in the complainants’ house, she used to keep watch of the main gate for A2 to go into the complainants’ room to steal their money after which they share the spoil.
A2 was subsequently arrested from her hideout in Budumburam a suburb of Kasoa for investigation. The investigation further disclosed that A2 used part of the stolen money to build a three-bedroom self-contain house at Budumburam.
A1 also gave Fifty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢50,000.00) out of the stolen money to A4, who admitted the preceding fact during interrogation. A2 also gave One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢100,000.00) out of the stolen money to A5 who also admitted the same. The case is still under investigation.
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