Sekondi, April 1, GNA - A former manager of the SG-SSB bank, Mr Jeffrey Mensah, 49, has been remanded in police custody for stealing GH¢120 from the Bibiani branch of the bank. He pleaded guilty and would re-appear before the court on April 15, 2008.

The court gave him two weeks to repay the amount after pleading for the time.

Prosecuting at the Sekondi High Court, Madam Patience Klinogo a Principal State Attorney told the court presided over by Mr Justice Robin Batu that, the accused was transferred from the Bibiani office to the Kumasi Adum branch in March 2007 and during the auditing of his books, the theft was detected. She said Mensah admitted the offence and pledged to pay the debt but instead went into hiding. Madam Klinogo told the court that, on September 28 last year, Mensah was arrested from his hideout in Kumasi and handed over to the Bibiani Police which after preliminary investigations handed him over to the Regional Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations.