An unemployed man who stole a laptop at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs, and Employment has been sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Foster Nyarko, 36, had gone to the Ministry to seek a cleaning job.
Nyarko had earlier pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing a laptop valued at GH₵24,745 before an Accra Circuit Court.
The court, presided over by Basilia Adjei-Tawiah, sentenced him to one year imprisonment for unlawful entry and two years for stealing. The sentences are to run concurrently.
The convict had previously been jailed for stealing a mobile phone at the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice earlier this year while on a job hunt.
Prosecution told the court that the complainant, a lawyer at the Ministry of Labour, Jobs, and Employment, resided at Opera Square in Accra.
On December 4, 2024, Nyarko went to the Ministry in search of a cleaning job. Upon arrival, he was directed to see the Human Resource Director.
Prosecution said Nyarko proceeded to the second floor, where he entered the office of the Director of Policy, Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation. He did not meet the complainant.
Taking advantage of his absence, Nyarko stole an HP laptop computer worth GH₵24,745 from the complainant’s desk, hid it in his backpack, and left.
Investigations led to Nyarko’s arrest, and he admitted to the offence, stating that he had sold the laptop to an unidentified person in Takoradi.