The Tarkwa District Magistrate Court One has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Shadrack Cobbinah, to five years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an iPhone XR and GH¢5,700 belonging to a nurse.

Cobbinah, unemployed, pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and stealing, and he was convicted on his own plea by Judge Bernice Mensimah Ackon.

Police Sergeant Adwoa Yeboah, prosecuting, told the court that the complainant, Bernice Xornam Beble, resided at Nkamponase, and Cobbinah lived at Tarkwa Railway Station.

She said on May 16, 2026, at about 1:40 am, the complainant woke up and realised her door had been opened and her iPhone XR valued at GH¢2,500 and GH¢5,700 cash had been stolen from the room.

Prosecution said the same day Cobbinah was seen offering the same iPhone for sale, and was picked up and handed over to the police.

Sergeant Yeboah said that a cash sum of GH¢3,000 was found on the convict and retrieved at the police station.

She said that during the interrogation, Cobbinah confessed to the theft and named one Michell, who is currently at large, as his accomplice.

Sergeant Yeboah informed the court that Cobbinah further told the police officers that he only made away with the iPhone XR and GH¢4,000 but not GH¢5,700 as alleged.