Accra, Aug. 10, GNA – Police have arrested two brothers over the alleged murder of a 54-year-old man and shooting of his wife at…
Court & Crime
Content from law and order and from the Law Courts.
Wontumi seeks bail pending appealÂ
Accra, Aug. 8, GNA – Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Wontumi, has filed a motion seeking bail pending an appeal against his 20-year prison sentence. Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of…
Court sentences barber for dumping refuse in public drain
By Edward Williams Hohoe (V/R), Aug. 7, GNA – A Hohoe Magistrate Court has sentenced Ekpane Seyram, a barber for collecting and dumping rubbish into a public drain. Ekpane pleaded…
Court jails baby abductor to three years imprisonment
By Edward Williams Hohoe (V/R), Aug. 7, GNA – The Kpando Circuit Court has sentenced a 31-year-old trader, Stella Amedzorme, to three years’ imprisonment for abducting an…
Tema police intercept suspected cocaine worth US$6.9 million, arrest fourÂ
By Miriam Oparebea, GNA Tema, Aug. 06, GNA — The Tema Regional Police Command has intercepted 866 parcels of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine with an…
Armed robbery attack on mobile money vendors leaves two dead at FiapreÂ
Fiapre (Bono), Aug. 6, GNA – An armed robbery attack on two mobile money vendors has left two people dead at Fiapre in the…
Adu-Boahene’s lawyers petition Chief Justice over vacation trial
By Morkporkpor Anku, Accra, Aug. 5, GNA – Lawyers for Kwabena Adu-Boahene, former Director-Genera of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), have asked the Chief Justice to…
Unemployed in court for defrauding businessman of GHC1,860,000Â Â
Accra, Aug. 6, GNA – A 32‑year‑old man accused of defrauding a businessman of GH¢1,860,000 under the guise of being a bank official has…
Two persons jailed for 20 years each for human traffickingÂ
By Elizabeth Larkwor Baah Tema, Aug. 05, GNA — The Tema Circuit Court “B” has sentenced two Nigerian nationals to 20 years’ imprisonment each…
Retired fire officer remanded over alleged GH¢303,200 recruitment scam Â
Accra, Aug. 5, GNA – An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a retired fire officer into custody over allegations that he defrauded 60 prospective…
Ex‑convict in Court over unlawful entry and robbery charges
Accra, Aug. 5, GNA – An ex‑convict has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with unlawful entry, assault and robbery. Dickson Larbi, also known as Puplampu, is alleged…
Magistrate court remands two over alleged murder of suspected burglarÂ
By Nana Anfreh Damanata Wenchi (Bono), Aug. 4, GNA – The Wenchi Magistrate Court has remanded two young men into prison custody for allegedly…
Two arrested over minor driving articulated truck in viral video Â
By Eric Appah Marfo, GNA Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – The Ghana Police Service has arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old man in…
Alleged romance scam pastor arraigned Â
By Gifty Amofa, GNA Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – The Ghana Police Service has arrested a self-acclaimed pastor for allegedly defrauding women through romance…
Commercial tricycle rider jailed seven years for defiling minor
By Kamal Ahmed, GNA Somanya (E/R), July 31, GNA – The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced Nicholas Adjarlolo, a 23-year-old commercial Pragia (tricycle) rider, to seven years’ imprisonment…
Court adjourns AG’s stay bid in ex-MASLOC CEO case Â
Accra, Aug. 1, GNA – The Court of Appeal on Friday adjourned indefinitely the Attorney General’s application to stay the acquittal of Sedinam Christine Attionu Tamakloe, former…
Court adjourns AG’s stay bid in ex-MASLOC CEO case
Accra, Aug. 1, GNA – The Court of Appeal on Friday adjourned indefinitely the Attorney General’s application to stay the acquittal of Sedinam Christine…
Police arrest 52 over unlawful motorcycle racing in AccraÂ
Accra, July 31, GNA – The Airport Divisional Police Command has arrested 52 motor riders for alleged unlawful motorcycle racing along the George Walker…
Two granted bail over alleged possession of suspected narcotics, attempted bribery
By Michael Pepsin Avorgah Denu (V/R), July 30, GNA – Kumensah Kodzo John, 23, a taxi driver, and Wonder Kwame Kudafa, 32, have been arraigned before the…
High Court dismisses Faiza Seidu Wuni’s travel request for son’s treatmentÂ
By Morkporkpor Anku, GNA Accra, July 30, GNA – An Accra High Court has dismissed an application by Faiza Seidu Wuni, the second accused in…
Ghana Immigration Service arrests 102 foreign nationals in cyber fraud raid
Accra, July 30, GNA- The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has rescued eighty- five (85) victims of human trafficking and seventeen (17) foreign nationals during…
Attorney-General to appeal Court of Appeal ruling in Sedina Tamakloe case Â
By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, July 30, GNA – The Attorney-General on Thursday asked the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to appeal the Court of…
Trede Police investigate death of taxi driver in his car at Kotwi-NkoranzaÂ
By Samuel Ofori Boateng Trede (Ash), July 30, GNA – The Trede police in the Atwima-Kwanwoma district of Ashanti, have begun investigations into the death of a 35-year-old taxi driver in his car at Kotw-Nkroanza. Kwabena Awuah,…