From Nana Konadu Agyeman, Koforidua.
Two goat thieves who preferred death to their prosecution decided to end it all while in custody at the New Juaben Municipal Police station.
Edem Kwame and Gideon Tetteh, both 21, were however, unsuccessful in their suicide bid as they were caught unconscious while hanging from the cell’s ceiling last Wednesday.
They were rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital where they regained consciousness, after which they were dragged to the Koforidua Circuit Court to face the charges of stealing and attempting to commit suicide.
They were each slapped with a 12-month jail term and fined GH¢300 each or in default six months imprisonment.
Briefing The Mirror in Koforidua last Wednesday, the New Juaben Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent John A. Naami, said on March 2, 2009 the two, together with another accomplice, now at large, went to Nkurakan, a nearby town at about 11 a.m. and stole a sheep and a number of goats and loaded them into the boot of a waiting taxi cab with registration number GR 2495 U.
He said they were however spotted by some of the residents in the area, who confronted them to ascertain where they got the animals.
Unable to give a satisfactory answer Edem and Tetteh fled into a nearby bush and left behind their booty.
Superintendent Naami said when the police went to the scene, a number of goats and a sheep were found in the boot of the taxi, which was conveyed to the Nkurakan Police Station.
Later in the day, he said, the owner of the taxi and the driver (Edem) arrested Tetteh and sent him to the Nkurakan police station, where Edem informed the police that the vehicle was hired by Tetteh to convey the animals.
During police interrogations, Tetteh admitted conniving with Edem to steal the animals.
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