Akoto-Bamfo JA.
Delivered the judgment of the court at the invitation of Afreh JA. The appellant and one other person who were both employees at the Kintampo branch of the Ghana Commercial Bank were arraigned before the Brong Ahafo Regional Tribunal on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, falsification of accounts and stealing contrary to sections 23(1), 140 and 124 respectively of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29).
In a nutshell, the prosecution’s case was that the appellant and the other person siphoned various sums of money from the bank by falsifying the books, withdrawing moneys from the accounts of the bank’s customers and tampering with the records of the customers in the ledger books. By these means, they withdrew a total sum of ¢20,500,000 from the bank. Of this amount, the appellant was charged and convicted on three counts of conspiracy to steal, falsification of accounts and stealing ¢13,266.960. He was admitted to bail after conviction. About one year after the convictio…