Oliver Campbell, a man with severe learning difficulties who was jailed for life for the murder of a shopkeeper three decades ago after confessing in police interviews, has had his convictions quashed by the court of appeal. The judgment clearing Campbell, 54, of conspiracy to rob and murder ends what has been described as one […]
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The Police at Abor in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region have apprehended three suspects in connection with the death of Bessah Gadah, a 42-year-old man at Tsiame in the Volta Region. They allegedly beat, killed, and secretly buried the deceased. Kwabla Zate, the main suspect was arrested by the police together with two
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The La District Court has remanded for two weeks, a final-year student at O’Reilly Senior High School, who fatally stabbed a classmate. The student, whose name has been withheld, had been provisionally charged with murder. The court did not accept his plea and ordered him to return on September 19, 2024. The adjournment was to
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Uwombornyi Bado, a 37-year-old man has been stabbed to death with a stick by a colleague, Alhassan Merasa. The incident occurred at Zongo-Machire, a farming community near Chinderi, the District capital of Krachi Nchumuru of the Oti Region. Mr Bafo was initially taken to a clinic in Chinderi and later referred to Kete-Krachi District Hospital,
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Rebecca Cheptegei, a 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner who competed in the recent Paris 2024 Olympics, has tragically passed away following a vicious petrol attack by her ex-boyfriend in Kenya. The incident has once again highlighted the alarming rise in violence against female athletes in the region. Cheptegei, who finished 44th in the Olympic marathon, sustained
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A murder suspect, Etse Justice Amuzu, the 37-year-old farmer, who allegedly shot his biological brother to death at Olombobi, has been remanded into custody to reappear on September 13, 2024. When the case was called on Tuesday, September 3, Inspector Emmanuel Agbewoley, the Kadjebi Station Officer holding brief for Inspector Jacob Vormekpe, the Prosecutor, said
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The tragic death of an 18-year-old final-year student from O’Reilly Senior High School has sparked outrage and concern over safety and discipline on school campuses. Edward Borketey Sackey, a General Arts student, was stabbed on Monday during a heated argument with a fellow student, which escalated into violence. The incident occurred shortly after the students
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A final-year student of the Akenten Appiah Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) has been stabbed to death over an alleged theft in Bantama – a suburb of the Ashanti Region. Eyewitnesses say the student, believed to be in his late twenties, was killed after an elderly woman claimed he had stolen
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A court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family and a YouTube chef, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid case that has gripped Spain. The 30-year-old was convicted of the murder of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, a 44-year-old plastic surgeon
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Two students have been arrested by the police for mobilising their colleagues to lynch a spiritualist who had accused one of them of stealing a mobile phone. The incident happened at Twifo Praso in the Central Region. The two students are from the Twifo Praso Senior High School. They are in police custody for allegedly
