The Supreme Court has declared as constitutional the law which prohibits unnatural carnal knowledge such as anal sex. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday [July 24, 2024], a seven-member panel of the court dismissed a writ challenging the constitutionality of Section 104 (1) (b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The court, presided […]
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Lawyers of former Director General (DG) of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson, and four others who are standing trial over the SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) case want their clients discharged. According to them, upon the conclusion of the Prosecution’s evidence through their 10 Witnesses in support of the charges
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A Sunyani-based radio presenter who claimed to have had countless sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old primary six girl was on Monday granted bail by a Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality. For his bail condition, Bismarck Nana Poku Piesie, a radio presenter at Sompa FM was to provide four sureties, with two of
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The High Court in Accra has dismissed a preliminary legal objection raised by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) against the request by Patience Botwe to provide her with information obtained from former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her husband. This was after the Court presided over by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons, held that
The Kasoa Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing a less-than-a-week-old baby. The suspects, Magdalene Nana Adwoa Boafo, 28, Faustina Binney, 32, and Eunice Koomson, 36, a teacher, allegedly took the baby from its mother, Ms Abigail Addison, 29, under the pretext that
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A Wa High Court, presided over by Justice Abdul-Yussif Assibey, has ruled against a bail application for suspects involved in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Cozy Hills Hotel in Jurapa (Jirapa Dubai). Mr. Luanga Bagonluri, Counsel for the second and third accused persons in the case, Belinda Milla and Kweku
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The Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced a 28-year-old houseboy to seven years imprisonment for having sex with his employer’s 12-year-old daughter. Augustine Owusu was charged with defilement. He has pleaded guilty. The court presided over by Dora Inkumsah Eshun convicted Owusu on his on plea and sentenced him accordingly. The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector
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Self-proclaimed Pastor Nana Agradaa was on Thursday, July 18, brought before the court and granted bail amounting to GH¢200,000, with the requirement of two justified sureties. The court appearance is related to charges of possessing indecent materials. As per the case details, Patricia Asiedua, also known as Nana Agradaa, allegedly displayed explicit images of a
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The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery. Chillip Xexers, alias Kwabena Boakye, 24, unemployed, pleaded guilty and was sentenced accordingly. Meanwhile, his alleged accomplice only named Abdullah is on the run and being sought by the Police. Police Detective Chief Inspector Eric Twum told
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Asante Kwaku Berko, a dual citizen of the United States and Ghana, will be arraigned in federal court in Brooklyn today before Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom on an indictment charging him with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and money laundering for bribing Ghanaian government officials to secure a power plant deal and
