The Kumasi Circuit Court sentenced 21-year-old Priscilla Appiah to two (2) and a half years in jail with hard labor for plotting with her mother to take a newborn baby from the Kumasi South Hospital in June 2019.
Her mother, 45-year-old Theresah Asamoah, was sentenced to six years in jail last year after pleading guilty to the allegations.
Priscilla Appiah, who pled not guilty at the time, was later given a GH100,000 bond with three sureties to be justified, but she was unable to fulfill the bail terms and has since been detained in prison.
According to the prosecution, police investigations reveal that Priscilla Appiah and her mother fooled a nursing mother who had just given birth at the hospital and stole her baby away on June 10, 2019.
After a trial, Priscilla Appiah was sentenced to two and a half years in jail with hard labor by the Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Her Honour, Gloria Mensah Bonsu, after the court found her guilty of the charge.
According to the prosecutor, Inspector Regina Oparebea Amoako, who spoke to Citi News following the court sessions, a request has been made to the court for the baby to be given to the biological mother, and she is hoping that procedure would be finished within a week.
“The court gave her two and half years on conspiracy and two and half years for child stealing. Both counts will run concurrently. The reason for this includes the fact that she is a first time offender. The prosecution made a request for the baby to be released to the biological mother so, between today and next week, the court can prepare the proceedings for the baby to be taken from the temporary shelter,” she said.
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SOURCE: CITNEWS
