From our correspondents, a 26-year-old software engineer, Eugene Kyei-Yeboah, popularly known as Sparrow, has been remanded into custody by an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly renting two vehicles from two rental companies and selling them to a mechanic.
Kyei-Yeboah has been charged with stealing, forgery of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) Form A and C, and two counts of defrauding by false pretenses.
The prosecution argued that Kyei-Yeboah rented the vehicles from two rental companies and sold them to the complainant without the companies’ knowledge. The complainant identified the stolen vehicles as a Toyota Corolla with registration number GN 4926-21 and an unregistered Toyota Camry.
The mechanic, who resides in Kokomlemle, Accra, bought the Toyota Corolla and paid a cash sum of GHC68,000 for it, while the Toyota Camry was bought at a cost of GHC50,000. Kyei-Yeboah handed over the DVLA Form A and C with serial numbers to the complainant as documents covering the vehicle to do the (change of ownership).
However, in February 2023, while the complainant was driving the Toyota Corolla, the vehicle was tracked and intercepted at Anyaa by the police, who said it had been stolen from the rightful owner. The complainant later drove the Toyota Camry to the Legon District Police and lodged a complaint.
The prosecution disclosed that investigations revealed that the Toyota Camry was already registered in the name of Mantey Patience Aku. It further stated that Kyei-Yeboah was released on Police enquiry bail while investigations were ongoing but later jumped bail and engaged in similar offenses until his arrest on April 26, 2023.
Inspector Eric Ransford Abban, leading the prosecution, prayed the court to grant them two weeks to further investigate the matter, and the court presided over by Mrs. Sedinam Awo Balokah remanded Kyei-Yeboah into lawful custody to reappear on May 11, 2023.
