A 38-year-old sand winner has been sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing 37 cattle valued at GH₵37,000.00.

Ganiu Munkaila was found guilty of stealing and pleaded not guilty to abetment of commit crime. He was also acquitted of abetment of crime after a full trial.

The Court, presided over by Mrs Afia Owusuaa Appiah, convicted and sentenced Munkaila to two years imprisonment with hard labour.

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Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye, prosecuting, told the Court that Munkaila, a sand winner and supervisor of the complainant’s herdsman, was entrusted with GH₵37,000.00 by the businessman and cattle farmer to buy 37 cattle. However, Munkaila only handed over 21 cows to the herdsman instead of the agreed 58 cows.

Furthermore, Munkaila organized a group of individuals to rob the herdsman of six cattle in an attempt to cover his involvement in the initial theft.

After a failed attempt to convince the complainant that robbers had taken 60 cattle, Munkaila was eventually convicted and sentenced for his theft and involvement in the subsequent robbery.