Prince Baah
Prince Baah, 25, a resident of Koforidua-Okorase in the Eastern Region, who was arrested on Monday for impersonating a police officer, has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment by the Koforidua Circuit Court, presided over by Mercy Addei Kotei.
Prince Baah pleaded guilty to five counts, including impersonation, stealing and deceit of public officer and was sentenced on his own plea.
The convict, who reportedly claimed to be a policeman from Kumasi, was seen wearing a police uniform on the streets of Koforidua where he was grabbed upon a tip-off.
He told the police that he got the uniform from a policeman stationed at Kumasi and Effiduase in the Ashanti Region, but bought the other accoutrements at Asawase in Kumasi.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Regional Police Command, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, who briefed the media, said during a search conducted in Prince Baah’s room, items like a blue-black beret with crest number 50721 bearing his name (Prince Baah), a pair of long black boots, a bayonet, a specimen charge book, camouflage, black and blue-black police uniforms with Lang Yang, were found.
ASP Ebenezer Tetteh added that a police belt with ammunition porch containing two body sprays which looked like a pepper spray, Taser and a police flashlight were also retrieved.
From Daniel Bampoe, Koforidua