Thief on the run lands in police barracks

A 26-year-old man, Murtala Mohammed, who scaled the wall into the house of his neighbour, stole a water pump and started running away from the crime scene when an alarm was raised by a neighbour, unknowingly headed towards a nearby police barracks where he was arrested. 

When he was put before the Adenta Circuit Court presided over by Her Honour (H/H), Ms Sedinam Awo Balokah, Mohammed pleaded guilty but said he was drunk and did not know what he was doing and pleaded for forgiveness. 

The prosecutor said the neighbour then took a closer look at the object which had landed at the back of the house and realised it was a water pressure pump machine.

He said Mohammed was then seen scaling the complainant’s wall and landing close to where the pressure pump had fallen.

The neighbour then raised an alarm which prompted Mohammed to run.

Investigations showed that Mohammed, with the intention to steal the said pressure pump valued at GH¢2,950, had entered the complainant’s house while she was away

He added that after investigations, Mohammed was charged with three counts, thus the unlawful entry into the complainant’s house, causing damage and stealing.