REPUBLIC VRS ASANTE (CC/121/21) [2024] GHADC 307 (24 July 2024)
The accused, knowing he lacked authority to secure employment, made false representations to obtain money from the complainant, thereby satisfying all elements of defrauding by false pretences under section 131(1) of Act 29.
- Citation
- REPUBLIC VRS ASANTE (CC/121/21) [2024] GHADC 307 (24 July 2024)
- Parties
- Prosecution: The Republic; Accused: Patrick Adu Asante
- Court
- ghadc
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 24 July 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Judgment After Full Trial
- Outcome
- Conviction and sentence
- Legal Topics
- Defrauding by False Pretences, Burden of Proof, Personation
- Source Language
- eng
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Parties
The Republic
Prosecution
Patrick Adu Asante
Accused
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Judgment After Full Trial
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the accused is guilty of defrauding by false pretences under section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
Ratio Decidendi
The accused, knowing he lacked authority to secure employment, made false representations to obtain money from the complainant, thereby satisfying all elements of defrauding by false pretences under section 131(1) of Act 29.
Court Disposition
Conviction and sentence
Orders
- Accused convicted of defrauding by false pretences
- Accused sentenced to pay a fine of 350 penalty units or in default serve one-year imprisonment
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