DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC:-
FACTS: The appellant in this court, John Cobbina, was the 1st accused at the trial court. Until his arrest and subsequent trial, he was employed by J Adom Ltd. as an accounts officer and was responsible for most of the company’s daily accounting transactions including payment of staff, most of whom were wage earners at the company’s contraction sites and quarry at Nsenmere. At a point in time, the management of J Adom Ltd. noticed huge loses in the company’s accounts it therefore engaged an audit firm E. Osei and Associates to audit the company’s accounts. The findings made by the auditors led to a complaint to the police and the arrest of the appellant and other employees of J Adom Ltd. After investigations the appellant and one Eugene Amoako-Mensah of Zenith bank, Sunyani branch, who acted as the relationship officer for the company in the said bank, were charged with various offences. The details of the charges as disclosed in the charge sheet are stated below: …