A 22-year-old driver’s mate who broke into the storeroom of a school and stole various items, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Abuakwa Circuit Court. Emmanuel Oteng, alias “Sika Gari,” was said to have broken into the storeroom of the Bantama M/A JHS and made away with items such as a tabletop […]
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A 48-year-old Mason who attempted to burn his family and property at Tanoso, in the Kwadaso Municipality, has been remanded into prison custody by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court. Robert Benjamin Okyere, pleaded not guilty to causing harm and damage and would reappear before the court presided by Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng, on November 07.
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Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo (left), speaking at the event. Picture: CALEB VANDERPUYE The Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has charged graduates to be responsible, resilient and hardworking as they enter into the world of work. She said wherever they found themselves, no matter what the consequences may be, they should choose never to neglect what they
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A 20-year-old tricycle (Aboboyaa) rider has been granted GH¢50,000.00 bail with three sureties by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District for defiling a six-year-old girl. Frank Agyei pleaded not guilty and would reappear before the court on November 13, this year, for trial. The facts of the case as presented
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A 25-year-old labourer, Isaac Odai Afotey, has been remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court after allegedly attempting to rape a victim following a robbery. Afotey is accused of stealing an iPhone X worth GHC5,500 from the victim, whose name has not been disclosed. In addition to that, he allegedly robbed another victim,
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An Accra High Court Thursday sentenced Nicolas Kini, a student, to life imprisonment for killing 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdalla at Kasoa in 2021 for money ritual. The Court has, however, released his accomplice, a minor, to a juvenile court for sentencing. Nicloas Kini was jailed because he is an adult when he committed the offence
The High Court in Accra has directed the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to provide the investigation caution and charge statements of former sanitation minister Cecilia Dapaah and her husband to Patience Botwe, the first accused in an ongoing criminal trial. This case involves the alleged theft of significant sums of money from Dapaah’s
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Friends of the late human rights activist private legal practitioner, Akoto Ampaw, in collaboration with the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana (UG), held a public lecture on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, to honour his legacies. The event, held on the University of Ghana campus
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The Accra Circuit Court Nine presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah has sentenced a 32-year-old unemployed man to six months in prison with hard labour. Geoffrey Obuobi was accused of cutting and stealing copper core cables of a transformer from the Electricity Company of Ghana. The cost of the copper cables is valued at Gh¢
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The Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality has remanded two brothers into custody for robbery and stealing. Augustine Kofi Owusu, 28, who pleaded not guilty to the charge was remanded into prison custody and would reappear before the court on November 05, 2024, while Kwabena Nsiah 31, who pleaded guilty, was
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