An American woman jailed for 10 years with hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for car snatching says she feels bad that she and her fiancé hurt their victim. Skylah Leeann Marine Travis in tears, apologising to the victim, said,” I did not mean to do that, I want to ask for forgiveness.” The […]
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Residents of Kportorgboe, a suburb of Anloga in the Volta Region, were on Saturday thrown into a state of mourning when a restaurant owner was murdered in cold blood allegedly by unknown assailants. The victim, Korkow Dorcas Tettey, believed to be in her 60s, was the owner of a popular restaurant called “The Base” located
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A fisherman who raped and robbed a woman in the presence of her two children at Banana Inn, Accra, has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment. Charged with robbery, Emmanuel Tetteh popularly known as 666, Escoba, pleaded not guilty before an Accra Circuit Court. The Court presided over by Isaac Addo at the end of
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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 28-year-old unemployed, Emmanuel Takyi, who was put before the Tarkwa circuit court for stealing and preparing to rob his former employer, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour. He pleaded guilty to both charges and was convicted by the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu. The prosecutor, Police Chief
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An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced 27-year-old porter Alex Abubakari to 15 years in prison for robbing a Togolese trader, Kofi Ametepe. Abubakari pleaded guilty to charges of causing harm and robbery after he smashed Ametepe’s head with a pavement block before stealing from him. During police interrogation, Abubakari explained that he committed the crime
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A 26-year-old barber, Richard Amoako, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. The barber conspired with a 30-year-old mason, Paa Kwasi now deceased, to rob a gold buying office at Wassa Nkonya in the Wassa Amenfi East municipality. Amoako, who is popularly known as Jordan pleaded guilty
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A 25-year-old labourer, Isaac Odai Afotey, has been remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court after allegedly attempting to rape a victim following a robbery. Afotey is accused of stealing an iPhone X worth GHC5,500 from the victim, whose name has not been disclosed. In addition to that, he allegedly robbed another victim,
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The Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality has remanded two brothers into custody for robbery and stealing. Augustine Kofi Owusu, 28, who pleaded not guilty to the charge was remanded into prison custody and would reappear before the court on November 05, 2024, while Kwabena Nsiah 31, who pleaded guilty, was
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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a 23-year-old motorcyclist over attempted robbery at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Elvis Ashitey aka Ratty charged with an “attempt to commit crime namely robbery”, pleaded not guilty. The Court presided over by Mr Isaac Addo ordered Ashitey to reappear on October 23, 2024. Prosecution led by
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