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THE REPUBLIC
V.
WINFRED OSEI OWUSU

(2017) JELR 107133 (HC)

High Court 29 Jun 2017 Ghana
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- The accused was charged with four offenses: defrauding by false pretenses, possession of a forged document, and two counts of uttering a forged document. - The accused, as CEO of West African Markets Link Ltd, obtained a loan from HFC Ban

Case Details

Suit Number:FT/0036/2016
Judges:AFIA SERWAA ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)
Counsel:MR. RICHARD GYAMBIBY FOR THE REPUBLIC PRESENT WITH MS. MENSIMA CRENTSIL MR. JOHN F. APPIAH PRESENT HOLDING THE BRIEF OF MR. ALEX OKRAKU FOR THE ACCUSED PERSON

JUDGMENT

ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.), J.

The accused was charged before this Court per a charge sheet filed on the 18th of April, 2016 for the following offences;

• Count One: Defrauding by false pretences contrary to section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29);

• Count Two: Possession of forged document contrary to section 166 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29);

• Count Three: Uttering forged document contrary to section 169 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); and

• Count Four: Uttering forged document contrary to section 169 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE

The accused person is the Chief Executive Officer of West African Markets Link Ltd. On 17th March 2011, the accused person representing the company applied for and was granted a revolving credit line of $300,000 by the HFC Bank Ltd. This was after the accused person had represented to the Bank that one Kwaku Agyei-Gyamfi had offered him his property located at Airpor…

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