The Gbetsile Circuit Court, has sentenced 23-year-old Courage Akadro, to five years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a Toyota Camry car. The court presided over by Ms Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway, sentenced Akadro based on his own plea of guilty to two charges of unlawful entry and stealing. The convict was sentenced to three […]
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A 56-year-old professional nurse, Clara Yanyi-Ampah, who worked as a Caregiver at Happy Bloomers School in Agbogba has been jailed for five years over the death of an 11-month-old baby. This was after the Caregiver, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he entered into plea bargaining negotiations with the office of the Attorney-General. Per the agreement,
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The Head of Chambers at EBA Law, Emmanuel B. Atokoh, is appealing for demolition orders to be included in the court’s inherent powers in land dispute resolution. According to him, in land disputes, even after the court adjudges an individual as the legitimate owner of the land, sometimes they are not able to reclaim their
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The Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, has stressed the significance of instilling an understanding of the law in students. As part of her mentoring initiative, she administered the oath of office to the newly appointed executives of the Justice Club at Chemu Senior High Technical School. In her address, Justice Torkornoo highlighted the
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Two small-scale miners who appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for robbing a businesswoman of her gold and money to the tune of GH¢97,977, have accordingly been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each in hard labour. Eric Aheli alias Abiggy and Steven Oppong alias Sabato Particulars, both 25 years old, pleaded guilty to the offence.
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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has donated a state-of-the-art public address system to the Ghana School of Law. This follows a personal promise he made to the school in February this year when the school held its matriculation ceremony to induct newly admitted students into the two year professional law degree programme.
Joy News has learned that a petition seeking to remove Kissi Agyabeng as Special Prosecutor has been forwarded by President Akufo-Addo to the Chief Justice. The petition, dated April 30, 2024, was sent to the President by former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu and conveyed to Justice Gertrude Torkonoo on May 6, 2024. Mr Amidu alleges
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1. According to the A-G’s press release, the Court gave directions to the parties in January 2024. 2. The parties complied and a hearing was listed for May 2024. 3. In May, “the panel for the hearing of the appeal was reconstituted by the Honourable Chief Justice in exercise of her powers under the Constitution,
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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 50-year-old man for allegedly stealing four used fuel dispensers worth GHC120,000.00 from the Fraga Oil Company. Kattalist Creegbo Kosi denied that he dishonestly appropriated the dispensers, and the Court presided over by Mr Isaac Oheneba Kuffour remanded him into Police custody to assist in investigations for an expedited.
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A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Bono Region, has sentenced Laadi Sulemana, a salesgirl to six months in prison for stealing.When the case was heard on Wednesday, Sulemana pleaded guilty for stealing GHC21,787.00 and the court presided by Justice Philomena Ansah Asiedu convicted her accordingly. Prosecuting, Police Inspector Emmanuel Asare told the court the
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