Nine out of 14 people put before an Accra Circuit Court last Saturday have been convicted and fined for illegally connecting electricity to their homes and business outlets.
The nine, including a pregnant woman and a lactating mother, were sentenced on their own pleas of being guilty of connecting power illegally and theft of power.
They were fined between 80 and 100 penalty points ranging from GH¢960 to GH¢1,200 and were to pay their fines before 2 p.m. that day, or risked being placed in police custody until today.
Each of them, in addition, was charged to pay GH¢200 as compensation to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).