{
  "id": 11914356,
  "title": "Court fines two friends GH¢12,000 for stealing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/court-fines-two-friends-gh-12-000-for-stealing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T11:24:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghana Business News",
    "slug": "ghana-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2026/10/04/court-fines-two-friends-gh%c2%a212000-for-stealing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of Ashanti Region has imposed a fine of GH¢6,000.00 on each of two unemployed friends, Kwame Asare and Bismark Kobby, aged 20, for stealing in Bonteso, Amansie West District. The court fined them after they pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges. The trio would serve a three-month jail term if they fail to pay the fine.\n\nThe complainant, Nana Osei Kwadwo, a businessman, testified that the stolen items, including an excavator engine blade, control board, and other valuables, were worth GH¢144,000. The convicts confessed to the crime, citing extreme hunger in Bonteso as their motivation. They claimed they intended to sell the items for GH¢6,500.00, which was pocketed by an unidentified individual, Obolo. The police, under Sergeant Ernest Derry, arrested the two friends and presented them to the Ahwerewa police station.",
  "summary": "Two friends have been fined GH¢6,000.00 each, by the Nkawie Circuit court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region, for stealing at Bonteso in the Amansie West District. The post Court fines two friends GH¢12,000 for stealing appeared first on Ghana Business News .",
  "key_points": [
    "Nkawie Circuit Court fines Kwame Asare and Bismark Kobby GH¢6,000 each",
    "Convicts pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges",
    "Friends sentenced to three months jail if fine unpaid"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}