The ex-husband of Ghanaian gospel musician Obaapa Christie, Pastor Love, has been jailed for 48 months in hard labour for stealing.
Pastor Hammond Love, widely known as Pastor Love, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison with hard labour.
GBC Ghana Online reports that Pastor Love was found guilty of the offence after a seven-year trial.
Before he was sentenced, Pastor Love pleaded with the court for mercy, adding that he was willing to pay any fine that would be imposed on him.
The court presided over by Isaac Addo, took into consideration the fact that the convicted Pastor Love was a first-time offender.
The court held that as a Pastor, he was expected to hold a high level of integrity, especially in matters of trust, and therefore handed him the 48-month jail term as a fair deterrent.
The facts of the case as presented by ASP Frimpong was that in 2016, one Samuel Amankwah, a resident of the US, shipped a 4×4 vehicle into Ghana and tasked Pastor Love to clear it from the port.
The convict cleared the said vehicle with his money, after which the complainant told him to sell it for US$50,000 and deduct the amount he paid as a duty.
Later, the complainant told Pastor Love to hold on with the sale of the vehicle as he would travel to Ghana and refund his money.
In April 2017, the complainant arrived in the country and contacted Pastor Love for his vehicle, but he could not produce it despite several demands.
The complainant lodged a complaint with the Police and Pastor Love was arrested in May 2017.
During interrogation, the convicted Pastor Love told the Police that he secured a loan of GH¢40,000 with 20 per cent interest to clear the vehicle and was accruing more interest, so he sold the vehicle at GH¢80,000 without the consent of the owner and paid GH¢70,000 to the loan company.
Meanwhile, Pastor Love was unable to lead the Police to the said loan company to verify the claim and could not also tell who bought the vehicle.
The Judge said the convict was dishonest to the Court.
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