The Police have notified the La District Court that a duplicate docket concerning the O’Reilly Senior High School murder case has been sent to the Attorney General’s office. The move is intended to allow the AG’s office to provide advice on the matter. Chief Inspector Paul Osei Adjei told the court he assigned the case […]
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An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Comfort Tasiame, has granted bail to Ama Governor and eight other individuals involved in recent anti-galamsey protests, setting the bail at GH¢70,000 and requiring two sureties for each defendant. The remaining individuals are Emmanuel Gyan, Emmanuel Kwabena Addo, Ziblim Yakubu, Oheneba Prempeh, Philip Owusu Kwabena, Akisibik Desmond,
Most Rev. Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church, Ghana, has called on Judges and Lawyers to prioritise accessibility to justice for all, emphasising that it should not be treated as a commodity for the privileged. He delivered this message during the 67th Legal Year Church Service in Accra, themed “Building the
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The Chief Justice, Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has stated that the digitisation agenda for the courts will proceed without interruption. “Under the Leadership Innovation and Technology (LIT) pillars, the Judicial Service of Ghana (JSG) will work earnestly towards improving the culture of leadership and innovation in the way the JSG has traditionally worked. “It will also
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The Most Reverend Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, has called on lawyers and judges to take a leading role in combating illegal mining. He characterized illegal mining, or galamsey, as an ecological injustice and urged the judiciary to safeguard Ghana’s ecology from potential harm. The Most Rev. Dr Boafo,
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Six suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal lynching of Lance Corporal Gideon Adu Boakye, a prison officer stationed at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison. The tragic incident occurred on 29th September 2024 at Kasoa Iron City. The Ghana Prisons Service confirmed that four females and two males have been taken into custody.
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Three robbers suffered double agony before an Accra Circuit Court which gave them two lengthy jail sentences each for two robberies. Isaac Amejor and Michael Baffour, aka Mike, ex-police and military officers, respectively together with Mutakilu Saddick, had 35 years imprisonment each for robbery after being slapped with a jail term of 30 years each
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A 28-year-old miner has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for stabbing a mason with a knife on his back severally at Nsuaem in the Western Region. Joseph Ntiful, the convict, pleaded guilty with an explanation for causing unlawful harm: contrary to section 69 of the Criminal
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The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced Alfred Essuman Aimar, a baker, to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling an 11-year-old pupil at Prestea in the Western Region. Aimar, who is popularly known as ‘Virgin Love’ pleaded not guilty to the offence, but after the case had gone through full trial, he was found
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The Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo has debunked assertions that the courts are solely responsible for the delays in the prosecution of accused persons in illegal mining cases. In an address on Wednesday, October 2, at the annual conference of Judges and Magistrates in Accra, the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame while laying the
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