Outgoing US president says his son was ‘selectively’ and ‘unfairly’ prosecuted due to his family name. US President Joe Biden waves alongside his son Hunter Biden after attending mass at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Johns Island, South Carolina on August 13, 2022 [AFP/Nicholas Kamm] United States President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter […]
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“I had to work while I was nine months pregnant,” says Sophie, a sex worker in Belgium. “I was having sex with clients one week before giving birth.” She juggles her job with being a mother of five – which is “really hard”. When Sophie had her fifth child by Caesarean, she was told she
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The Kwabenya Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Nowell Gavu, the man accused of destroying six effigies at the Airport Roundabout, to December 17. Gavu, a 37-year-old CCTV installer, appeared calm when presented before the court. The hearing was conducted in chambers, and the court is awaiting the explanation of a comprehensive medical report
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Former Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu and ex-Chief Executive of the National Youth Authority, Abdulai Mohammed Mubarak alias Ras Mubarak, has filed a lawsuit against leading telecommunications company MTN Ghana (Scancom PLC) at the High Court in Accra. Mubarak is seeking $5 million in damages for what he describes as the telecommunications giant’s failure
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It is provided in the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29 as follows: 50. Manslaughter A person who commits manslaughter commits a first degree felony. 51. Definition of manslaughter A person who causes the death of another person by an unlawful harm commits manslaughter, but if the harm causing the death is caused by negligence
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It is provided in the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29 as follows: 149. Robbery: A person who commits robbery commits a first degree felony. 150. Definition of robbery: A person who steals a thing commits robbery (a) if in, and for the purpose of stealing the thing, that person uses force or causes harm
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Criminal Offences Amendment Act 2012 69B. Unlawful use of human parts A person who without lawful authority, the proof of which lies on that person, (a) engages in the removal of human parts, (b) is in possession of human parts; (c) engages in the draining of human blood; or (d) is in possession of human
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A trader who concealed methamphetamine, a narcotic drug, inside two picture frames without lawful authority has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the High Court in Accra. Daniel Agbeko, also known as Abraham Fosu, was found guilty of attempting to export the drug-laden picture frames from Ghana to Australia. The frames had been
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It is provided under CRIMINAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023, ACT 1101 “Murder Section 46: A person who commits minder is liable on conviction to life imprisonment.”. Daniel Obirikwa Adjin who stabbed his elder brother to death in 2017 at Mamprobi in Accra has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Accra High Court. Adjin was
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A trader, accused of collecting GHC402,000 from 97 unsuspecting individuals under the pretext of securing them jobs in the security services, has been jailed for five years. Dorcas Twene Amankwa, 28, was found guilty at the end of the trial by a circuit court in Accra, presided over by Mrs Evelyn Asamoah. Amankwa was earlier
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