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Hotel CCTV exposes prison officers aiding Chinese prisoner escape

Two prison officers have appeared in an Accra Circuit Court on charges of assisting Wang Xiao, a Chinese convicted prisoner at Nsawam Medium Prison, in escaping. Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu have been charged with conspiracy and aiding escape. The accused correctional officers allegedly told their superiors that after visiting the hospital, they […]

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Court remands unemployed man for alleged murder

The Ashaiman District Court has remanded into Police custody, Abraham Ayah, a 21-year-old unemployed man, for allegedly murdering Ms. Jennifer Tetteh, contrary to Section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (ACT 29). The court presided over by Mr Derick Parden Eshun, remanded Ayah, whose plea was not taken, to reappear on March 13, 2024.

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Suit against anti-LGBTQ+ bill not a declaration of my personal stance – Richard Sky

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Richard Dela Sky, a private legal practitioner, has clarified the motivations for his legal challenge against the recent enactment of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill by parliament. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Sky’s legal team submitted an application to the Supreme Court, seeking a declaration that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as

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Unemployed man on phone stealing spree jailed

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The Accra Circuit Court Three has sentenced an unemployed man to six months imprisonment each on three counts of stealing and a count on unlawful entry. Cudjoe Ofori admitted to unlawfully entering the rooms of Hamida Khalid, Veritas Fiatuse and Ruby Hiovor, and making away with their mobile phones. He was convicted on his own

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Stop Akufo-Addo from assenting anti-gay bill- Richard Sky asks Supreme Court

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Broadcaster, Richard Sky, has asked the Supreme Court to stop President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from assenting into law the Human and Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill commonly known in Ghana as the Anti-Gay bill. In a writ filed at the Supreme Courton Tuesday, March 5, 2024, invoking the jurisdiction of the apex court

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77,264 Cases mediated through ADR — Judicial Service

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The Judicial Service has mediated 77,264 cases through its court-connected Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programme since it began in 2005. Out of the figure, 36,191 cases, representing 47 per cent, were successfully settled. In line with this development, trial judges and other paralegals have been urged to advocate ADR as an option for litigants whose

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Former Chief Justice urges youth to develop entrepreneurial mindset

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Mrs Georgina Theodora Woode, a former Chief Justice, has encouraged the youth to have an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset to create jobs for themselves and improve their livelihoods. She said the youth would be doing themselves and the nation a disservice if they idled around in the name of searching for non-existent jobs and urged

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Case Brief: Debrah v Republic [1991] 2 GLR 517

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Division: HIGH COURT, HOHOE Date: 20 DECEMBER 1991 Before: ACQUAH J A case about the offence of disrespect or insult to a chief under section 53(a) of the Chieftaincy Act, 1971 (Act 370) in Ghana. -Facts of the case*: This is an appeal from the District Court which dismissed a submission of no case made

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Amend law to provide compensation for defiled victims — Judge

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A judge has called for the amendment of Section 101 of the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1969, Act 29 to provide for compensation for defiled victims. The gender-based violence Circuit Court Judge in Kumasi, Gloria Mensah-Bonsu, said such an amendment would encourage more parents to report cases of defilement to the police rather than

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Beige-Bank trial: accused to call 61 witnesses

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Michael Nyinaku, former Chief Executive (CEO) of the defunct Beige Bank, accused of stealing, fraudulent breach of trust and money laundering, is billed to call 61 witnesses. His counsel, Mr Thaddeus Sory, made the announcement at the Economic and Financial Court Two Division of the High Court trying his client. He told the Court presided over

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