Accra, June 11, GNA- An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into lawful custody a driver accused of GHC750,000 from a lawyer’s office.
Theophilus Terkpernor, 45, is said to have caused damage to the electrical control unit of the lawyers’ office by cutting the cables and breaking the door lock of the lawyer’s office at Adabraka, Accra on May 26, 2026.
Terkpernor was nabbed by the Police when he attempted to deposit GHC74,400 at a bank for the payment of a Toyota Corolla he had purchased.
Charged with unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and stealing, Terkpernor has pleaded not guilty.
Prosecution led by Chief Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo told the court that the complainant’s name withheld is a lawyer at a law firm at Adabraka, Accra.
Chief Inspector Okuffo said Terkpernor is a driver of the complainant, and he was employed about one and half years ago.
Prosecution said both the complainant and the accused person are residents of Lapaz, Accra.
The court heard that on May 27, 2026, at about 2:00pm, the complainant came to his chambers and detected that his office had been broken into and the electrical power at the firm was off.
Prosecution said the complainant engaged the services of an electrician to ascertain the cause of the power outage, and it was detected that the electrical cables at the control room were cut off by an intruder thereby deactivating the CCTV camera from functioning.
The prosecutor said the complainant’s checks at his office established that an amount of GHC50,000 kept in a container under his table had been stolen by the intruder.
Prosecution said the complainant further searched his cabinet, and it was disclosed that an amount of GHC700,000 he kept there had also been stolen by the intruder.
According to the prosecutor, the complainant suspected his driver, Terkpernor, for the burglary.
The complainant reported the incident to the Police and investigations began.
Prosecution said on June 1, 2026, Police intelligence led to the arrest of Terkpernor at Standard Chartered bank Head office at Ako Adjei Interchange while he was in the process of depositing GHC74,400 at the bank for payment of a Toyota Corolla.
The prosecutor told the court that the money was retrieved and retained for evidential purposes.
During investigation, Prosecution said, Terkpernor confessed to the crime saying that on May 27, 2026, he broke into the office of the complainant, and he stole an amount of GHC330,000.
Prosecution said Terkpernor further stated that he brought the GHC 330,000 home at Lapaz and he gave some to Kelvin Terkpernor, his son for safe keeping at Somanya in the Eastern Region.
The Prosecutor said the accused person led the Police to Somanya where his son was arrested but managed to escape.
Prosecution said the Police, however, retrieved GHC203,300 under the accused son’s bed.
The Prosecutor told the court that so far, a total amount of GHC277,700 had been retrieved from the accused.
GNA
Edited by Linda Asante Agyei
Reporter: Joyce Danso
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