A 37-year-old businessman has been ordered into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court following the suspected theft of a Toyota automobile worth $90,000.
According to rumours, the car belongs to another businessman.
Isaac Ayisi's stuff was allegedly stolen by Richard Oddoi Laryea.
The next time we see him will be on July 8, 2022.
The prosecution must submit and serve witness testimonies on the accused person's defence attorney, according to a court order.
Ayisi, the complainant, lived in Mallam, while Laryea, the accused, lived in Nungua, according to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Maxwell Oppong, who testified before the court, which was presided over by Ellen Offei Ayeh.
He claimed that on May 15, 2022, the complainant was driving his unregistered, "home-used," Toyota Camry when it suffered an electrical problem in Nungua. As a result, the complainant left the car with the accused so he could leave on his trip and return for it later.
Three days after the complainant's return from the vacation, according to ASP Oppong, he went to the accused person to take his automobile but couldn't find it.
The prosecution claimed that the complainant's attempts to persuade the defendant to return the complainant's automobile were all ineffective. The accused turned off his phone and fled, according to the testimony given in court.
According to ASP Oppong, the complainant visited the accused person's residence on June 15, 2022, and was informed there that the accused had been detained in connection with a related incident at the Nima Police station.
The complainant encountered the accused person at the station after making a follow-up call, the court was told, and identified him to the police as the offender.
He claimed that during the course of the investigation, the accused admitted the offence in his investigation cautioned statement, informed police that he had previously committed a similar offence and that National Security agents were pursuing him in order to apprehend him, and claimed that he had used the complainant's car as collateral to obtain a loan and had used it to pay off other debts.
Further investigation showed that after the accused used the aforementioned vehicle as loan collateral, the accused went back to the lender to negotiate the sale of the vehicle. He brought a buyer with him, and both of them sold the vehicle for 69,000; the lender then took the loan amount of 38,000 and gave the remaining 31,000 to the accused, who then used it.
According to ASP Oppong, the accused was charged with the crime and brought before the court following an inquiry.
His attorney argued that his client should not be affected by the absence of his accomplices while requesting for bail and that he should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The attorney claimed that the prosecution's case was foreign and that the facts presented to the court were not entirely accurate.
He said that his client had solid sureties in place for him and had been in detention for two weeks.
The defence attorney said that the accused had a wife who was expecting a child in a week.
In its objection to the bail, the prosecution noted that Laryea had a number of cases that were comparable in Nima and Tema police stations, among other places.
The prosecution would not be able to obtain the accused to stand for trial, according to ASP Oppong, who added that the accused was a flight risk and that it was unknown where he kept his regular address.
The Court rejected the bail on the case after considering both submissions.