Students in N/R suspended for stealing goats and fowls of housemaster

Students in N/R suspended for stealing goats and fowls of housemaster

- Four students are facing suspension for stealing fowls and two goats

- The birds and goats belonged to their housemaster

- Each student is to pay 500 cedis

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School authorities at St. Bernadette Technical Institute at Novrongo in the Upper East Region have indefinitely suspended four final year students.

The suspension was after these students stole five fowls and a goat belonging to the senior housemaster of the school.

According to MyNewsGH, these students were caught when a search conducted saw these students had prepared some soup with the stolen meat.

The students were earlier arrested and have been granted bail by the police. In the meantime, each one of them is to pay a 500 cedi fine for the fowl and two goats they stole.

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