An unemployed man who stole a laptop at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment has been sentenced to two years imprisonment.

Foster Nyarko, 36, had gone to the Ministry to seek a cleaning job.

Nyarko had earlier pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing a laptop, valued at GH¢24,745, before an Accra Circuit Court.

The court, presided over by Basilia Adjei-Tawiah, sentenced Nyarko to a year imprisonment on the charge of unlawful entry and two years for stealing.