A 29-year-old illegal miner, Ebenezer Asante, who escaped from the Tarkwa Local Prison, has been fined GH¢1,200.00 by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. In default he will serve one year in prison. Asante, a resident of New Atuabo in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality, pleaded guilty for escaping from lawful custody and causing damage. The court, presided […]
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An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned to May 3, the case of two Prison Officers accused of aiding Wang Xiao, a Chinese convicted prisoner to escape from Nsawam Medium Security Prisons. The Officers Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu have denied the charges of conspiracy and aiding escape. The court presided over by Mrs
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Two men who conspired and broke part of the wall in the Bawdie police cell in the Western Region, have each been sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Tarkwa circuit court. Evans Sarpong, 24, and Desmond Ampong, 23, both unemployed, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and attempting to escape from lawful custody.
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Lord Delvin Essandoh, the lawyer for two prison warders accused of enabling the escape of a convicted Chinese prisoner, says his clients would not drag the Ghana Prison Service into disrepute. Speaking to the GNA after the court session, Mr Essandoh claimed that the charge sheet contained errors and did not support the facts provided
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Two prison officers have appeared in an Accra Circuit Court on charges of assisting Wang Xiao, a Chinese convicted prisoner at Nsawam Medium Prison, in escaping. Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu have been charged with conspiracy and aiding escape. The accused correctional officers allegedly told their superiors that after visiting the hospital, they
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In a shocking turn of events, a Chinese national serving jail term at the Nsawam Medium Prison has managed to escape. The convict, who was convicted of theft and other criminal related offenses, reportedly feigned illness and was subsequently transferred to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for medical attention. According to reports, the Chinese inmate was
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