Thief walks because he was beaten

A suspected thief has all charges dropped against him by the Agbogba Police because he was assaulted by residents who apprehended him, a police source disclosed.

The police inspector declines pursuing the case after it considered the state in which the suspected was. The suspected man was brought in battered, sustaining a swollen eye and lips.

My police source disclosed that the inspector was not sure who would foot the suspect’s medical bills. He explained that that the suspect could not be brought in front of a magistrate in that condition. He added that, there is the possibility that the suspect counter sue the victim for assaults.

On Sunday, 8^th April 2018, a stranger entered our residence and walked away with an unspecified amount of cash meant for construction procurement.

An eye witness (the wife of the victim) said she saw him entered her husband’s car but she though it was one of the husband’s many apprentice. Not until he was about to disappear out of sight that the victim, Fo Kwasi, asked him to halt and questioned him.

The victim noted that he had just received the sum of money from a client he was working construction for and had just come home to rest. He showed that invoice as prove.

Initially when interrogated, the suspect has said he stole the money because he was hungry. However, a search on his person revealed that he had in his procession about GHC 26. He recanted his statement at the police station where he, the suspect claimed he found the money on the ground as he was walking by.

The Ghana Police Service has stepped up the campaign against mob justice ever since the death of Major Maxwell Mahama.