Richmond Laweh, a caretaker, whose makeshift gate electrocuted a 14-year-old boy at Ampomah, near Ashiyie, has been jailed 10 years imprisonment by a High Court in Accra. Laweh illegally connected electricity to an uncompleted building and connected a cooper wire to this makeshift gate on pathway on two plots of land he as squatting. Samuel […]
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It is provided in the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29 as follows: 50. Manslaughter A person who commits manslaughter commits a first degree felony. 51. Definition of manslaughter A person who causes the death of another person by an unlawful harm commits manslaughter, but if the harm causing the death is caused by negligence
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It is provided in the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29 as follows: 149. Robbery: A person who commits robbery commits a first degree felony. 150. Definition of robbery: A person who steals a thing commits robbery (a) if in, and for the purpose of stealing the thing, that person uses force or causes harm
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Author: Her Honour Judge Sedinam Awo Kwadam (Mrs.) Circuit Court 2 Adentan, Accra Ghana. LLM Candidate, International Criminal Law and Justice, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Accra, Ghana. Date: 25th November, 2024 AFRICA’S BETRAYAL OF THE ICC: FROM FOUNDING SUPPORT AND COOPERATION TO A STRATEGIC REJECTION Abstract This paper
Criminal Offences Amendment Act 2012 69B. Unlawful use of human parts A person who without lawful authority, the proof of which lies on that person, (a) engages in the removal of human parts, (b) is in possession of human parts; (c) engages in the draining of human blood; or (d) is in possession of human
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A trader who concealed methamphetamine, a narcotic drug, inside two picture frames without lawful authority has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the High Court in Accra. Daniel Agbeko, also known as Abraham Fosu, was found guilty of attempting to export the drug-laden picture frames from Ghana to Australia. The frames had been
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It is provided under CRIMINAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023, ACT 1101 “Murder Section 46: A person who commits minder is liable on conviction to life imprisonment.”. Daniel Obirikwa Adjin who stabbed his elder brother to death in 2017 at Mamprobi in Accra has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Accra High Court. Adjin was
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DEATH PENALTY ACT, 2023 (ACT 1101) CRIMINAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) __________ ACT, 2023__________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Section 46 of Act 29 amended 2. Section 49 of Act 29 amended 3. Section 49A of Act 29 amended 4. Section 194 of Act 29 amended 5. Section 317A of Act 29 amended The One Thousand One
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A trader, accused of collecting GHC402,000 from 97 unsuspecting individuals under the pretext of securing them jobs in the security services, has been jailed for five years. Dorcas Twene Amankwa, 28, was found guilty at the end of the trial by a circuit court in Accra, presided over by Mrs Evelyn Asamoah. Amankwa was earlier
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The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has referred an allegation of procurement breaches against the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Attorney-General. CHRAJ wants either of the two institutions to take over the investigations over suspected procurement-related breaches. It followed a
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