Businessman granted GH¢370,000 bail over stolen car

A 35-year-old businessman, who allegedly received a stolen car, has been granted GH¢370,000.00 bail with three sureties by the Dansoman Circuit Court, in Accra.

The court ordered that two of the sureties must be public servants earning not less than GH¢5,000.00 whilst the other surety must be justified by title deeds.

Fuseini Hashimu, accused, shall also deposit his Ghana card at the Court’s Registry as well as report to police once every two weeks until otherwise stated by the court.

The court, presided over by Ms Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit, also ordered prosecution to file disclosures and witness statements for case management conference, and serve Hashimu before August 19, 2024.

Hashimu denied dishonestly receiving a black Honda CR-V vehicle valued GH¢350,000.00 belonging to Mr John Arthur, also known as Wofa Atta.

The court heard that Mr Arthur, the complainant, was a businessman and car dealer, residing at Tuba, in Accra, and Hashimu also a businessman, residing at Asokore Mampong, a suburb of Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region.

The prosecution said Mr Arthur owned a car garage near Panbros Salt Industry, in Accra.

The court heard that another accused, on the run, Ishmael Bashiru, a self-acclaimed friend of Mr Arthur, went to his (Mr Arthur) garage.

The prosecution said Bashiru deceived Seth Ewool and Alexander Boamah, workers of Mr Arthur and witnesses in the case, that he had been instructed by the complainant to take a black unregistered Honda CR-V 4X4 vehicle at the garage to work on it at Abbosey Okai, in Accra.

The prosecution heard that the witnesses obliged and Ewool handed over the vehicle’s keys to him (Bashiru) and he later left the garage with the car.

Moments later, when Mr Arthur arrived at the garage, the witnesses told him that Bashiru had come for the vehicle, claiming he had been sent by him (complainant).

The prosecution said the complainant reported the case to the police, and when investigators visited Hashiru’s house at Accra New Town, his wife, confirmed having seen the husband with the vehicle.