By Gifty Amofa Accra, June 16, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a trader, Emmanuel Yaw Duku, for allegedly robbing a businessman…
Court & Crime
Content from law and order and from the Law Courts.
US court grants Kenneth Ofori-Atta’s Green Card petition
By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, June 16, GNA – Mr. Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, a former Minister of Finance, has had his Green Card I-485…
Police arrest suspect over murder of UCC student
Accra, June 16, GNA – The Ghana Police Service has arrested Michael Mensah, a 39-year-old suspect, for the murder of University of Cape Coast…
Wontumi appoints Samuel Atta Akyea as new lead counsel
Accra, June 16, GNA – Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, a businessman and Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),…
Police receive DNA report in murdered Immigration officer’s case, await full autopsy reportÂ
Accra, June 16, GNA – The Police have informed the Adabraka District Court that they have received the DNA report in the case involving the murder of…
Court strikes out Appiah-Kubi’s application to withdraw legal serviceÂ
Accra, June 15, GNA – An Accra High Court has struck out an application filed by Mr Andy Appiah-Kubi, counsel for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, seeking leave…
Three arrested over alleged theft of power cables at School project siteÂ
By Agbaxode Emmanuel Wodome (V/R), June 15, GNA – Three persons have been arrested and are in the custody of the Akatsi South Police…
Mechanic gets seven year jail term for defilement
By Charles Tawiah, GNA Kwadaso (Ash) Jun 15, GNA – A 37-year-old mechanic, has been jailed seven years by the Kwadaso circuit court in the Kwadaso municipality of the Ashanti region for defiling a…
Prosecution withdrew charges, not Judge’s order – Judicial Secretary on teacher assault case
Accra, June 14, GNA – The Judicial Service has clarified that the Nkawie Circuit Court did not independently discharge Eric Buernortey Apaflo, the teacher charged with…
Police close probe into allegations against Niharika Handa and sonÂ
By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, June 14, GNA – A police investigation into allegations that international businesswoman, Niharika Handa and her son, Punarvasu Handa, obtained Ghanaian travel…
Grave at Adevukope cemetery reportedly desecrated, body of 67-year-old stolen
Weta (V/R), June 13, GNA – Mr Johnson Dotsey Mensah, the Assembly Member for the Adevukope Electoral Area in the Ketu North Municipality, has reported a suspected grave…
High Court orders regional minister be served for alleged contempt
Accra, June 13, GNA — The Adentan High Court (2) has ordered that the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ms Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo, be served with a motion on…
Attorney General files legal objection to Appiah-Kubi’s withdrawal of service Â
 Accra, June 13, GNA- The Attorney General has raised legal objection to the withdrawal of service by Mr Andy Appiah Kubi, counsel for Bernard Antwi Boasiako,…
Wontumi’s Lead Counsel seeks withdrawal from Samreboi Illegal Mining Case
Accra, June 12, GNA – Mr Andy Appiah-Kubi, counsel for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, has filed a motion seeking leave of the court to withdraw…
Residents urge IGP to motivate Akatsi officers over drug interceptions Â
By Agbaxode Emmanuel Akatsi (V/R), June 12, GNA – Some residents of Akatsi South Municipality have appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr…
Sales boy captured on CCTV cameras stealing, jailed 36 months  Â
By Gifty Amofa Accra, June 11, GNA – A 22-year-old sales boy captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras stealing from his employer has jailed…
Adu-Boahene trial: Witness denies claims of inter-branch fund transfers  Â
By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, June 11, GNA – Madam Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the trial of Mr Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two…
Court strikes out application to dismiss East Legon property caseÂ
By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, June 11, GNA – An Accra High Court (Land Division) has struck out an application by defendants seeking to dismiss a…
Court gives prosecution final chance in Mamprobi Hospital baby theft case to file disclosures
Accra, June 11, GNA – The Gender-Based Violence Court at the Police Headquarters in Accra has given the prosecution a final opportunity to file…
Driver remanded for breaking into lawyer’s chambers and stealing GHC750,000
Accra, June 11, GNA- An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into lawful custody a driver accused of GHC750,000 from a lawyer’s office. Theophilus Terkpernor, 45, is…