The Duayaw-Nkwanta Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000 bail with two sureties each to four students of the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) who allegedly gang-raped a 15-year-old form one student at the school. Other two suspects, Hamida Kyeremaa and another one (name withheld) who were charged with aiding and abetment of crime, were also […]
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The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has convicted a tricycle rider (Pragia) who knocked down a female teacher and crashed a soldier who intervened. The Court however deferred the sentence to March 7, 2024, to allow the family of the errant driver to reach out to the victims on their medical treatment settlement. Christian Kpornyo is
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A 39-year-old farmer, who defiled a six-year-old girl under a palm tree at Dompim-Pepesa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Samuel Attomoh was charged with defiling a female below age 16 contrary to section 101 of the criminal offences Act 1960
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The prosecution on the trial of the 28-year-old architect alleged to have murdered two children at Abesim in the Bono Region will call its first witness at the High Court on March 14 this year. This comes after the court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey, concluded a Case Management Conference with lead Counsel for
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The Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association has imposed a fine of GHS10,000 on Real Tamale United FC following misconducts in their Ghana Premier League Day 13 game against Medeama SC at the Aliu Mahama Stadium. RTU FC was charged for failing to ensure the safety of the Match Commissioner contrary to section 16(1)(c)
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Two men who are standing trial for the murder of a 25-year-old prospective nurse, Georgina Asor Botchwey, have denied killing the deceased. They both pleaded not guilty to the offences of conspiracy to commit murder and murder when they appeared before the Cape Coast High Court presided over by Justice John Mark Nuku Alifo, on
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An Accra High Court has sustained an objection to Mr Paul Adjei Gyang’s investigator’s statement being applied as evidence in the prosecution of Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni and two others. The prosecution initially opposed tendering the document, arguing that the statement had previously been rejected by a High Court as hearsay evidence and hence could
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Lawyer for Daniel Aseidu, the man accused of masterminding the murder of a former MP for Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah, has accused the investigative team of deliberately withholding critical information from the Court to cover up its poor investigations into the case. The lawyer Yaw Dankwah, during cross examination of the eighth prosecution
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Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has disclosed that his office has not received any dossier deemed suitable for prosecution regarding the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale. Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, February 20, the Minister underscored that Mr. Suale’s case is one among several pending investigations. He noted that the Ghana Police
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A man believed to be mentally challenged has reportedly killed four persons with a machete at Banda-Nkwanta in the Bole District of the Savannah Region. In an attempt to disarm him after the killings, the police responded with gunshots which also killed the attacker. The man, identified as Daganaa, is said to have gone on
