The Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has reversed her earlier directive to transfer the murder case of the CEO of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel from the Wa High Court to Kumasi. The decision comes after family members of the late CEO, Eric Johnson, protested the transfer, citing public interest and logistical concerns. The Wa […]
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The High Court in Accra has issued a trial warrant for an 18-year-old young offender involved in the ongoing Kasoa ritual murder case. This order mandates that the accused be kept in Nsawam prison’s custody instead of a police cell due to allegations of misconduct at the police cells. The 18-year-old, the second accused, is
A High Court in Wa has adjourned the trial case of the murder of Eric Johnson, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Royal Cosy Hills Hotel (Jirapa Dubai) in Jirapa, to 12th July 2024. Justice Abdul Yusif Assibey, the Supervising High Court Judge said the decision was to give room for Chief Justice Gertrude Tokornoo,
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The commencement of the trial of Richard Appiah, the draughtsman accused of killing two minors and keeping their bodies in a refrigerator at Abesim near Sunyani has suffered another adjournment over the absence of jurors. On Tuesday, June 11, 2024, the case was called for a Case Management Completion plan to be agreed on by
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Residents of Jirapa in the Upper West Region have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Wa High Court’s decision to halt proceedings in the murder trial of the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, Mr. Eric Johnson. The court announced that it could not proceed with the case due to a claim by
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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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A Swiss court on Wednesday convicted a former government minister from Gambia of crimes against humanity under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh and jailed him for 20 years, in a historic verdict using universal jurisdiction in Europe. The Federal Criminal Court found Ousman Sonko guilty on several counts of intentional homicide, torture and false imprisonment. Sonko, who
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A 23-year-old man, who allegedly murdered his 60-year-old father, Yaw Nbim, has been referred to the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Coast by the Enchi District Magistrate Court, to verify if he is mentally sound. Abednego Nbim, unemployed, was said to have committed the crime at Kuesuea a cottage in old Yakase in the Aowin
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Franklin Mensah, 29, a driver, has been arraigned before the Ashaiman District Court for allegedly murdering the three-and-a-half-year-old daughter of his girlfriend. The plea of Mensah, who was charged with murder, was not taken. He was reminded by the court, presided over by His Worship Derrick Parden Eshun to reappear in two weeks. Chief Inspector
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Daniel Asiedu (in white) is standing trial for murder Daniel Asiedu, the man who has been accused of murdering the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu has opened his defense to charges. Asiedu, who is affectionately called Sexy Don Don is facing two charges murder and robbery, and has pleaded
