A 55-year-old Sales Manager of Galaxy Oil filling station at Akyem-Osenase in the Eastern Region, Emmanuel Donkor has been sentenced to four years imprisonment after stealing about GHc70,725 from the company.
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He was sentenced by the Asamankese Circuit Court after pleading guilty when he was charged for stealing, contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act,1960, Act 29.
Prosecuting Officer, Inspector Susan Ayaric told the court that the complainant is Emmanuel Kenneth Dadson, Marketing Manager of Galaxy Oil Ghana Limited, who lives in Tema.
According to her, the company detected that an amount of Gh¢70,725.00 was taken from their funds without records accounting for it during a stocktaking exercise at the Osenase Galaxy Oil filling station, the Internal Audit team.
The accused was then invited to the company’s head office for interrogation of which he confessed to selling fuel worth Gh¢70,725.00 to one Ofori whose whereabouts is undisclosed.
The incident was then reported to the police for further investigation. Due to the failure of the accused to account for the money, he was charged and arraigned before the court. He was then sentenced to four years imprisonment.
In other news, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Mark Okraku Mantey has trashed assertions made by some industry players that the Ghanaian movie industry is no longer relevant.
During an interview with Andy Dosty on Hitz FM’s Daybreak Hitz, Mark Okraku Mantey said that the industry is evolving in the face of new technologies and digital tools, and people should make use of the numerous chances that are accessible and channel them to their own gain.
