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
Raphael Nii Otu, a 28-year-old caretaker, has been jailed by an Adentan Circuit Court for renting out his employer’s apartment to two persons. The court presided over by Mrs Sedinam Awo Kwadam sentenced Otu to two years for defrauding Paul Thomas of GHC11,400. On the second charge of defrauding by false pretences, Otu was sentenced
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Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama says he will not scrap the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Instead, he says he intends to strengthen the office if he is elected as president in the upcoming elections. Mr Mahama said this when he addressed journalists in Accra on Sunday. The OSP was
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Christopher Nelson, aka Mr Logic, a musician, has appeared before a Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding an American of $21,000 and GHC48,000. Nelson is alleged to have collected the monies under the pretext of securing the American citizen a resident permit in Ghana but failed. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding
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A 23-year-old man, who allegedly murdered his 60-year-old father, Yaw Nbim, has been referred to the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Coast by the Enchi District Magistrate Court, to verify if he is mentally sound. Abednego Nbim, unemployed, was said to have committed the crime at Kuesuea a cottage in old Yakase in the Aowin
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A former Kentucky prosecutor abused his office by doing favors for a woman facing criminal charges and in return soliciting sexually explicit videos from her, a federal court jury ruled Friday. The jury deliberated about six and a half hours on Friday before returning the verdict against Ronnie Goldy. The jury convicted Goldy on six
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Five businessmen who were arrested at the Kotoka International Airport in 2019 over the importation of 2,200 grams of cocaine have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 60 years imprisonment. The convicts are – Frank Asante (First Accused), Kweku Antwi, (2nd Accused who has since jumped bail) Alhassan Iddrisu, (3nd Accused), Clifford Boakye (4th
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