Water meter thief jailed for six months
Published:
3 months ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
The Ashaiman District Court has sentenced Samuel Kpomble, a 25-year-old labourer, to six months' imprisonment with hard labour for stealing water meters belonging to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). The court, presided over by Derrick Parden Eshun, convicted Kpomble on his own plea of guilty to the charges. The facts of the case revealed that Kpomble, along with an accomplice who is currently at large, was arrested by residents on Monday, August 21, 2024, at Golf City in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality around 1:00 p.m. for stealing GWCL water meters. He was subsequently handed over to the Golf City Police and arraigned before the court following investigations.