Comfort Antwiwaa, a 22-year-old unemployed lady, has been jailed for six months with hard labour for stealing provisions.
The 22-year-old was jailed by the Akim Oda District Court in the Birim Central Municipality for stealing provisions worth GH¢1,384.
She pleaded guilty to stealing from the Frimpong Enterprise, a popular supermarket in Oda.
Comfort Antwiwaa was charged with stealing and was convicted on her own plea by Her Worship Adelaid Owusu-Asante.
The Chief Inspector George Oteng-Appau told the court the incident happened on October 27, 2025, at the Nkwantanum.
The prosecutor detailed that the convict reportedly entered the shop under the pretext of making purchases but later stole several items, including “Peak milk, biscuits, Gino tomato paste, soap, sugar, washing powder, baby diapers, Annapurna salt and spaghetti”.
The prosecutors added that she made a small purchase and collected a receipt, and later returned to secretly pack additional goods into a polythene bag.
Carrying the stolen items to the Akim Ayirebi lorry station, where she intended to transport the stolen goods out of town.
A shop attendant, who became suspicious of Comfort’s confronted her and demanded proof of payment. She was arrested with the stolen goods and handed to the police when she failed to produce a receipt for the extra items.
The investigations also revealed the convict had previously committed a similar theft at another branch of Frimpong Enterprise at Maderina three months ago.
Her Worship Adelaid Owusu-Asante, in her judgment, asserted that theft of local businesses has become rampant, and there was a need for a custodial sentence to serve as a deterrent to others.
In related news, an Accra court has sentenced two persons, Mr Albert Okai and Mr Amoako Darko, to three months in prison.
The two are to serve three months with hard labour at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison for illegally dumping refuse at the Accra Post Office.
The duo were handed the sentence after failing to pay a fine of 50 penalty units, amounting to GH¢600 for the crime.
A third accused person, Mr Michael Osei, has also been remanded into custody for a week after pleading not guilty pending the next court sitting.
The conviction, according to the Accra Mayor, Hon. Micheal Kpakpo Allotey, forms part of stringent efforts being pursued by the AMA to ensure a cleaner city.