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Man, 35, jailed for stealing plantain

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Man, 35, jailed for stealing plantain

Anani Bakar is serving four weeks’ imprisonment for stealing The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 35-year-old unemployed man, Anani Bakar, to four weeks’ imprisonment for stealing a bundle of plantain at Nuaso Newtown in the Eastern Region.

The prosecutor noted that, on August 16, 2026, at about 0740 hours, a 71-year-old woman spotted Bakar in the complainant’s plantation allegedly stealing plantains.

After investigations, he was charged with the offence and brought before the court, where he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four weeks’ imprisonment.

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