Effective March 25, 2024, eight selected courts will begin a piloting of a ‘Court Shift System’ which is geared towards optimizing the use of existing court resources to reduce the volume of caseloads at the Courts. The Shift System, according to the Judicial Service, is necessary due to over 600 backlogs of pending cases in […]
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The Cape Coast High Court II has set Tuesday, April 16, 2024, to constitute a jury to sit on the murder case of a 25-year-old prospective nurse, Georgina Asor Botchwey at Mankessim in September 2022. The court, presided over by Justice John Mark Nuku Alifo, made the decision at the case management conference held in
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The US House of Representatives has passed a landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America. It would give the social media giant’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, six months to sell its controlling stake or the app would be blocked in the US. While the bill passed overwhelmingly in a bipartisan vote, it still
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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has voiced concerns regarding the scheduling of political cases by the Chief Justice. In a press release issued by the NDC today, March 27, 2024, they expressed apprehension over certain decisions made by the Supreme Court, alleging “palpable bias” in the arrangement of cases with political ramifications. These concerns arise
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Lord Delvin Essandoh, the lawyer for two prison warders accused of enabling the escape of a convicted Chinese prisoner, says his clients would not drag the Ghana Prison Service into disrepute. Speaking to the GNA after the court session, Mr Essandoh claimed that the charge sheet contained errors and did not support the facts provided
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The Wa district court was full to the rafters. Hardly was there even a blade space to walk through the crowd in the courtroom hearing the case of the murder of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, aka Jirapa Dubai owner, Eric Johnson. Leading the prosecution, Chief Superintendent of Police, Abdulai Amadu Alichewu, first informed the
Continuation of the murder trial of Daniel Asiedu affectionately called Sexy Don Don has been truncated after the High Court in Accra was informed that the first accused is “seriously vomiting.” Asiedu, who is standing trial for the murder of the late Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, was expected in Court as his lawyers led by Yaw
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The Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has issued a directive to all judges regarding the handling of cases by police prosecutors. This directive is in response to a letter from the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, which stated that police prosecutors are now limited to prosecuting cases with a monetary value not exceeding GH¢500,000. The Attorney-General’s letter
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The Achimota Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a 23-year-old man for breaking into a shop at East Legon, Accra. Eric Ganyo, a trader, has allegedly identified himself in CCTV footage after the incident at the shop, the Police have said. Ganyo has been charged with causing unlawful damamge, unlawful entry and five counts
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The Kwadaso Circuit Court has remanded three persons into Police custody for allegedly attacking and assaulting fire officers on duty at the Race Course market in Kumasi. Solomon Anaba 18, Lamamia Ismael 21, and Akongoli Adoko 18, were charged with assault on public servants and conspiracy to conduct violence, and would reappear before the court
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