A 36-year-old military officer has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting GH₵136, 000 from 22 persons with the assurance of enlisting them into Ghana’s Security Services. Clement Ayomah, charged with defrauding by false pretences, pleaded not guilty. Prosecution told the court that Ayomah has since refunded GH₵40,000. The court presided over by […]
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A queen mother, Jewel Oquaye Prempeh, who allegedly collected GH₵93,000 to enlist 15 applicants into Ghana’s security Services and other institutions but failed, has been arraigned. Appearing before an Accra Circuit Court, Jewel pleaded not guilty to defrauding by false pretences. She, however, told the Court that she was making frantic efforts to refund the
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Three of the 12 convicted persons in the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama have decided to appeal the conviction and sentence, their counsel, Theophilus Kafui Donkor, has said. In a interview with Accra-based Joy FM on Tuesday [Jan 30, 2024], he said his clients believed the judge misdirected the jury and influenced the verdict. He
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Accra, Jan. 30, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court has convicted a 53-year-old fashion designer who defrauded a teacher of GHC20,000.00 under the pretext of enlisting him into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Angelina Koranteng admitted conspiring with Festus Dzakpasu Walas, 44, mason, to dupe Mr Mileba Godwin and was convicted on her own plea,
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Ghanaian Law students have been urged to help prevent drug policies, measures and legislations that work against the rehabilitation of substance abusers. The students were asked to not only play roles in the prevention of the use and circulation of drugs (cocaine, marijuana, tramadol etc.) but also be critical of incarceration of abusers and lack
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The Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced a 23-year-old carpenter to 10 years imprisonment for having sex with a 13-year-old girl at Ashalaja in the Greater Accra Region. Christopher Kavi, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty. Kavi was convicted on his plea and sentenced accordingly by the court house at the Ghana Police Service headquarters. Prosecution led
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Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal has upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, upending the opposition’s plans for elections planned for later this year. Machado, a former lawmaker, won the opposition’s independently run presidential primary last October with more than 90 percent of the votes, potentially putting her in a
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate-elect for Weija Gbawe, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, has among other things attributed his victory over Tina Mensah to the free legal services he rendered to some constituents. Ahmed Shaib, in an interview with Bernard Koku Avle on The Point of View on Citi TV, explained that he was not
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An Accra Circuit Court has ordered Prince Tagoe, a former Black Stars player, to pay GHC10 per dollar in the auto fraud case. Tagoe has so far refunded $21,000 (GHC210,0000) cedi equivalent, leaving a balance of $19,000. However, when the matter was called, Tagoe contended that he was going to refund the money based on
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An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GH₵50,000 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly defrauded a woman of $5,000 under the pretext of securing her a German visa. Faisal Moro Mohammed, 31, denied defrauding Madam Mercy Sarfo as well as breaching the trust between the two. Faisal will go back to the
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