Taxi Driver Fined Gh₵600.00 For Stealing Pregnant Goat

On Saturday December 6, Wallah, while driving a Hyundai Accent Taxi with registration number GN1322- 11, through Akotokyire, spotted the goat at the outskirts of the suburb.

He lured the goat near his car with maize, caught it, covered it with a piece of cloth, hid it in his vehicle and to avoid being noticed, used an unapproved route and drove off the scene.

While leaving the scene, his vehicle got stuck along the way and the people who came to help him push the vehicle, saw the goat and suspecting he might  have stolen it, raised the alarm, attracting a mob to the scene.

Police Inspector Charles Effah said the timely intervention of the Police saved Wallah from being lynched by the angry mob.

Wallah was taken to the police station, together with his vehicle and the goat, which was later, identified by the complainantMr. Yaro Sapak also a driver, and a resident.

The accuser, who pleaded guilty, was convicted on his own plea by Mr Michael Gyamfi at Cape Coast District Magistrate Court and would serve a six month jail term in default.

Inspector Effah said the complainant aside driving, rears goats in his house, but has lost all of them to thieves, except the pregnant nanny goat.