Haibo: Man Narrates How He Was Jailed for 10 Years After His Friend Stole Money
- For 10 years, a gentleman named Kofi Sarfo was behind bars for a crime he did not commit
- Narrating his story, the young man mentioned that he was only keeping the money for his friend
- Little did he know that the money was stolen and he would be caught in the stead of his friend as the culprit
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A young man known as Kofi Sarfo has recounted a sad incident that befell and compelled him to spend 10 good years of his life behind bars.
In an interview with SV TV Africa, the gentleman mentioned that he was there one day when his friend brought R8 800 to keep in his room for them to spend little by little.
Little did Kofi Sarfo know that the money was actually stolen from a man who was viciously in search of the culprits in order to apprehend them for the law to take its course.
Source: UGC
How he was caught
In an interesting twist, the real perpetrator of the crime got wind of the information that the man was making efforts to catch him and bolted off.
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However, Kofi, who did not know what was going on was revealed as a close friend of the culprits during an investigation and a search through his room exposed the man's bag and the remaining money.
He was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Social media reactions
Bobby Spurs indicated:
Government official blatantly robs its citizens of billions.... 0 zero yrs in prison. Political correctness has gone mad.
gilbert nkasia mentioned:
Most of the youth are destroying their future and destiny. Because they have abandoned Jesus Christ.
Watch Kofi Sarfo's full interview below
Wrongly imprisoned boy becomes lawyer
In another Briefly News story, Jarrett Adams went from wrongfully convicted inmate to lawyer who helps other falsely accused people, just before he never gave up on proving his innocence.
When Adams was only 17-years-old, he decided to go to a party at University of Wisconsin, where a student's false accusation changed his life forever.
Three weeks after the party, Adams was getting ready to start junior college in the fall of 1998, but he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a student at the varsity party. Although he was innocent, Adams' attorney thought the best route to follow during the court procedures was the "best defense is a no-defense".
Source: Briefly News
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