A salesgirl appears before court for stealing

A salesgirl appears before court for stealing
February 08, 2010
Accra, Feb. 8, GNA - Rashida Yussif, a salesgirl who allegedly stole GH¢79,355 belonging to a businesswoman appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Monday.

Rashida pleaded guilty to stealing and convicted on her own plea to re-appear on February 12, 2010 for sentence.

Police Superintendent A. Boye, prosecuting, prayed the court to order the manger of Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) Nima branch to freeze accounts of the accused.

He said the complainant was a businesswoman who deals in rice, sugar and other items in a shop at Nima while the accused, Rashida aka Ziberatu Qusmane was a salesgirl.

Police Superintendent Boye said for sometime now the complainant had been detecting shortages in her goods and therefore started her personal investigations, during which she had information that the accused had opened an account at the bank.

He said the complainant reported the matter to the police and the accused was arrested.

Prosecution said during investigations some GCB pay-in-slips totalling

GH¢79,355 were found in her personal belongings and when confronted she admitted stealing the money from the daily sales whenever the complainant left for prayers.

He said the accused told the police that she used some of the money to buy clothes and necklace and the Police were making efforts to retrieve the rest of the money and other items acquired.

GNA