The Wa district court was full to the rafters. Hardly was there even a blade space to walk through the crowd in the courtroom hearing the case of the murder of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, aka Jirapa Dubai owner, Eric Johnson. Leading the prosecution, Chief Superintendent of Police, Abdulai Amadu Alichewu, first informed the […]
Continuation of the murder trial of Daniel Asiedu affectionately called Sexy Don Don has been truncated after the High Court in Accra was informed that the first accused is “seriously vomiting.” Asiedu, who is standing trial for the murder of the late Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu, was expected in Court as his lawyers led by Yaw
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The Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo, has issued a directive to all judges regarding the handling of cases by police prosecutors. This directive is in response to a letter from the Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, which stated that police prosecutors are now limited to prosecuting cases with a monetary value not exceeding GH¢500,000. The Attorney-General’s letter
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The Achimota Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a 23-year-old man for breaking into a shop at East Legon, Accra. Eric Ganyo, a trader, has allegedly identified himself in CCTV footage after the incident at the shop, the Police have said. Ganyo has been charged with causing unlawful damamge, unlawful entry and five counts
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The Kwadaso Circuit Court has remanded three persons into Police custody for allegedly attacking and assaulting fire officers on duty at the Race Course market in Kumasi. Solomon Anaba 18, Lamamia Ismael 21, and Akongoli Adoko 18, were charged with assault on public servants and conspiracy to conduct violence, and would reappear before the court
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An Accra High Court presided over by His Lordship, Richard Apietu, has awarded damages of GH₵1,000,000.00 against Nathaniel Dekyi alias Nana Nyonwah Panyin IV of Dompim Pepesa in the Western Region and the Multimedia Group Limited. This was after the court found the two guilty of defaming the Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah
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The IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, and Professor Kwesi Aning of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, have initiated legal proceedings against the Attorney General concerning the appointment processes for leaders of uniformed security agencies. The petitioners have raised issues regarding the practice of new governments discontinuing the tenures of certain institutional heads.
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The Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has condemned an alleged incident involving a police officer stationed at Tema Community 8, said to have cut off a woman’s ear with a pair of pliers. The victim, Ms Judith Yaakuma, 20, had been left traumatised and in excruciating pain, which had stirred public conversation over the need for
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An Accra Circuit Court will on March 18, 2024, begin the trial of three persons accused of embezzling GHC382,221 depositors’ funds of a church’s credit union. The accused include Jospeh Acheampong, a Consultant/Manager, Kenneth Osei-Ansong, a Recovery Officer, and Esther Ofori, a Cashier at Christian Pentecostal Church. The three have been charged with conspiracy and
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Amnesty International Ghana has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo not to endorse the contentious anti-gay bill. Genevieve Partington, the Country Director of Amnesty International Ghana, characterized the bill as a “flagrant violation of privacy rights” that could have severe repercussions for Ghana if enacted into law. This plea was made during a meeting involving
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