Gideon Vitlas, a 24-year-old cleaner, is to stand trial in an Accra High Court on May 22, 2024, for his alleged involvement in the death of a cashier at Twumasiwaa Hospital. During a committal proceeding, Vitlas is to face a charge of murder following the Attorney General’s advice. Vitlas, a Nigerian, is alleged to have […]
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The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) last Saturday organised a health walk as part of efforts to help improve the physical fitness of members. The health walk, which forms part of the association’s 50th anniversary celebration, started with a walk from Ayi Mensah at exactly 8:30 a.m. with dozens of members in attendance.
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Bright Kwashie, a 32-year-old driver, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of GHC1,058,600. Kwashie allegedly collected the money from the businessman to sell him an auctioned Toyota Rav 4, Mercedes Benz S360, Kia Picanto, and four generator plants, but failed to do so. Kwashie was joined in the dock
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Coroner condemns ‘inhumane’ imprisonment for public protection sentences that have no end date for release A senior coroner has condemned the “inhumane” and “indefensible” treatment of a man who killed himself 17 years into an indefinite prison sentence. Tom Osborne, the senior coroner for Milton Keynes, said Scott Rider had given up all hope of
The High Court in Tamale has ordered all four (4) accused persons implicated in the Northern Development Authority (NDA) corruption trial by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to open their defence. The accused persons are Sumaila Abdul-Rahman, former CEO of the NDA; Stephen Yir-eru Engmen and Patrick Seidu, both former Deputy Chief Executives
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Minister Simon Osei-Mensah’s arrogant, ignorant rants and empty threats of legal action against ECG staff in Kumasi and some media houses is shameful. Dear Police in Kumasi, stop taking instructions that blight your competence or rather expose your incompetence and unprofessional conduct. You do not owe any high-rank public officer blind loyalty. In fact, you
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The Accra Circuit Court Three has remanded a supervisor into police custody for allegedly stabbing a businessman with a broken bottle, and a screwdriver. Samuel Nii Duodoo denied causing harm to Mr Isaac Kwadwo Asare and would be brought back to the Court on May 7, 2024. Giving the facts, Police Chief Inspector Christine Bansah
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The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 47-year-old man to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for assaulting his 13 – year-old daughter after accusing her of having sexual intercourse with men. The convict, John Ansah, who is the biological father of the victim pleaded guilty to the charges of causing harm, indecent assault, and
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Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction in New York has been overturned, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. The New York Court of Appeals said prosecutors in the pivotal #MeToo case called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. The court said that meant
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An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GHC300,000.00 bail with two sureties to an entrepreneur who allegedly stole and trafficked two children from Nigeria to Ghana. The Court, presided over by Mrs Kizita Naa Koowa Quarshie, ruled that Blessing Astrim’s sureties reside within the Court’s jurisdiction. It stated that one of the sureties must be
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