The Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 38-year-old manageress to five years in prison for stealing GH¢221,937.75 from FOE Lotto Limited at Santasi in Kumasi.

Akua Darkoah Asamoah pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing and was convicted on her own plea, GNA reports.

Presenting the facts, Police Detective Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu told the court, presided over by Mr.

Jephthah Appau, that the complainant is the General Manager of FOE Lotto Limited, a subsidiary of Lotto and Lotteries, based at Santasi.