An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 43-year-old Nigerian woman for sentencing over charges of human trafficking and illegal entry into Ghana. The accused, Eugenia Ifeoma, is alleged to have recruited, transported and harboured two victims aged 19 and 17 years from Nigeria to Ghana for prostitution. She pleaded guilty to two counts of human […]
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The Judicial Service has clarified that the Nkawie Circuit Court did not independently discharge Eric Buernortey Apaflo, the teacher charged with assaulting a female student, but acted on the prosecution’s request to withdraw the case. A statement issued by Mr Musah Ahmed, Judicial Secretary, expressed concern over media reports suggesting that the presiding judge, Mr
A lottery vendor has been sentenced in Spain to three-and-a-half years in prison for cheating the winner of a €4.7 million ($5.4 million) jackpot out of his prize in 2012, court documents show. A court in the northwestern city of A Coruña said the vendor realised that the customer had a substantial win when he
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A 22-year-old sales boy captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras stealing from his employer has jailed 36 months in hard labour by the Amasaman Circuit Court. Kwame Atta denied stealing GH¢217,000.00 from Madam Sahada, his employer and complainant, but he was found culpable. The court, presided over by Ms Susanna Nyakotey, said in passing sentence
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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into lawful custody a driver accused of GHC750,000 from a lawyer’s office. Theophilus Terkpernor, 45, is said to have caused damage to the electrical control unit of the lawyers’ office by cutting the cables and breaking the door lock of the lawyer’s office at Adabraka, Accra on May 26,
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Introduction Last year, a friend from law school approached me with what he considered a promising business idea. He explained that he had another friend with the financial resources to establish an organization that would fund litigation. The model, as he described it, was simple enough. The organization would identify individuals with potentially strong legal
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