H.H. BERTHA ANIAGYEI CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE The centrality of the right to fair trial, and in particular, the presumption of innocence of an accused person in a criminal trial casts a duty on a court to ensure and satisfy itself that a plea of guilt entered by an accused person is voluntary, well-informed and not […]
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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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A Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced Dennis Darf, a 30-year-old mason, to eight years in prison for defiling a minor. Darf, who was charged with defilement, pleaded guilty to the offence. The Court, presided over by Judge Dora Eshun, convicted, and sentenced him based on his guilty plea. The Prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Opoku
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A 20-year-old mechanic, who attacked and raped a pregnant candidate in the ongoing West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the Asante Bekwai circuit court. Akwasi Agyeman was said to have broken into the room of the 20-year-old victim, who was eight-month-old pregnant and student of the
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An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old launderer to 18 months in prison for stabbing Tetteh Adzidoboh in the neck with a broken bottle. Ayisha Attoman claimed that Adzidoboh beat her son while they were playing. Attoman , however, got offended by the complainant’s action and engaged him in a fight. She was charged
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There was drama at an Accra Circuit Court when two out of three accused persons admitted stealing goats at Teshie Camp Two area in Accra. Emmanuel Agyei, aka Obama, a fisherman and David Agyei, a borehole driller, pleaded guilty to the charges of conspiracy and stealing. According to the accused persons, it was true that
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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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A driver, Alhassan Sani, has been barred by the Hohoe Magistrate’s Court from using the road till July 5, 2025. Sani was convicted on a plea of guilty to the charges of failing to comply with traffic signs, driving without a license, use of a vehicle without insurance and a road use certificate. In addition
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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 32-year-old Nigerian National, Pascal Okafor Ezugwu, has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term by the High Court in after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 90 thumb-sized cocaine pellets which weighed 1.54 kg. On Friday 3rd May 2024, Mr. Okafor Ezugwu was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in hard labour
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