Offenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice bill Creating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Under the legislation, anyone who creates such an image without consent will face a criminal record and […]
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An Accra High Court has ordered the arrest of the Director General, Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. It also ordered the arrest of the Director General in-charge of the Legal and Prosecution Unit of CID. The order came after a contempt application had been heard by the court presided over by
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The Awutu Breku District Court has sentenced Emmanuel Agbeshie to eight months imprisonment for hitting the upper face and lips of a teacher whom he claimed had caused his penis to disappear. Agbeshie, a 22-year-old apprentice, claimed the teacher’s touch made his penis disappear. Agbeshie, who was charged with assault, causing harm, publication of false
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The Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra is expected to deliver judgment in the case in which “absconded” former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu and interdicted Head of Operations, Daniel Axim are standing trial. The two were charged for among
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The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has imposed a heavy fine of Five Million, Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS 5,868,000.00) on members of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) board who served from January 1 to March 18, 2024. This action was taken due to their violation of Regulation 39 of L.I.
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Ex-president becomes first US leader to face a criminal trial, in this case, for paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal for a cover up Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial involving adult movie actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal is scheduled to start on this morning, with jury selection in Manhattan supreme court. The
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A man who conspired with two others to beat up a student wrongly accused of causing a tricycle rider’s penis to shrink has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by Awutu Breku District Court. The court ordered Zakaria Zulkani to pay a fine of GHC2,400 in default, serve six months on the charge of publication
Popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky has been sentenced to six months in prison for abusing and tampering with the Naira by a Federal High Court in Lagos. In the West African country’s laws, a person who tampers with the Naira note or coin is guilty of an offence, punishable by law. Vanguard Nigeria reported that the
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA-A.D 2024 CORAM: BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC (PRESIDING), PWAMANG JSC, OWUSU (MS.) JSC, AMADU JSC, KULENDI JSC, ACKAH-YENSU (MS.), JSC ASIEDU JSC CIVIL MOTION NO.J7A/02/2023 7th FEBRUARY. 2024 THE REPUBLIC(RESPONDENT) VS. EDMUND ADDO (APPLICANT) RULING AMADU JSC: BACKGROUND 1) The Applicant was the Appellant in Criminal Appeal
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A Chartered Accountant who is testifying as the First Defence Witness for the founder of the defunct Beige Bank, Michael Nyinaku, has told the High Court in Accra that he has provided “all the information about the financial position of the bank” to the Receiver of Beige Bank. Dawda M. Hafisdeen, also a lawyer, told
