A 27-year-old excavator operator, Faddy Paul Appiah, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stealing an Apsonic tricycle motorbike valued at GH¢20,000.

Appiah, who sold the tricycle motorbike for GH¢15,000 and collected GH¢7,500 as part payment, pleaded guilty to the offence and was convicted accordingly by the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu.

Chief Superintendent of Police Alex Odonkor, who led the prosecution, said the complainant, Rockson Dapaah, a mason, resided at Nyamekyekrom, a suburb of Bogoso, while Appiah resided at Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality.

He said that in February 2024, the complainant bought an Apsonic tricycle motorbike with registration number M-23-WT 1206 for commercial purposes and handed over the same to Isaac Akuffo, a witness in the case.