Joana Krah, the woman who faked her kidnapping over the weekend in Takoradi has been sentenced to six years imprisonment after pleading guilty.
She was charged with deceiving a public officer and the publication of false news with intent to cause fear and panic. The judge, Michael Kudjo Ampadu, sentenced the accused to six years imprisonment with hard labour for the former charge and two years imprisonment for the latter to run concurrently.
Joana, 29, confessed faking her kidnapping on Friday, October 22, 2021, in a bid to extort GHC5,000 from a relative.
The accused person was on Monday, arraigned before the Takoradi Habour Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Michael Kwodjoe Ampoadu for deceiving a public officer and publication of fake news.
Although an earlier police statement indicated that suspect Joana Krah conspired with other two suspects–Susan Awortwe and Francis Eshun– to fake her kidnapping, the other two were not brought to court.
Joana Krah according to the police conspired with the two others to feign her kidnapping, after which a call was placed to her godfather in demand for the ransom.
When Joana became aware that her godfather had reported to the Police and an extensive search had commenced to find her, she showed up at the Takoradi Central Police Station on Saturday, October 23, to confess.
She claimed she was only joking with her godfather with claims that she had been kidnapped.
Police investigations led to the arrest of suspects, Susan Awortwe and Francis Eshun for their complicity.
Source: Daily Mail GH
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