Just In: Star Oil Branch Manager Jailed 15 Years For Spending Company's Cash On Betting [See Details]

A Hohoe Circuit Court has jailed a 31-year-old man int 15 years imprisonment for spending his company’s sales on sports betting.

Yussif Abubakar, a former manager of the Hohoe branch of Star Oil Company, was sentenced for stealing GH¢139,118 belonging to his employer.

Abubakar was charged with stealing about two years ago.

He pleaded not guilty but was found guilty by the court after the full trial in the early afternoon of Thursday 15th April, 2021.

The trial judge, Mr Yaw Opoku Acheampong, in a 30-minute sentence said he would have sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment but the convict, throughout the trial showed remorse for his action.

Abubakar, whose lawyer was not present in court when judgment was pronounced, was also ordered to pay back the money to the company.

He is said to have used the money for sports betting but did not win any of the bets to enable him to repay the money he took from the company’s coffers.