CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Police in the Eastern Region have arrested two septuagenarians believed to be involved in the manufacture and sale of locally made pistols to criminals. The two, Richard Kwame Asare, 76, and Kojo Tetteh, 74, are both professional blacksmiths and residents of Pakro near Adawso in the Akuapem North Municipality …

The Koforidua Circuit Court,”A” presided by Her Honour Marrian Affoh has convicted a 28-year-old tricycle rider to 15-years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old girl at Akyem Osiem in the Eastern Region. The prosecutor Chief Inspector Solomon Keelson told the court that, the convict, Carley Amankwaa, is a tricycle rider at …

A 77-year-old man, Daniel Akwetey Awulley, has been shot dead by unknown assailants in his room at Miotso in Ningo-Prampram District in the early hours of Wednesday. Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu, the Public Relations Officer, Tema Police Regional Command, confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, said the …

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) discovered and destroyed large cannabis cultivation (wee farm) at Liati Dafonu in the Volta Region’s Afadjato South District. A team of 70 officers from NACOC, Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), National Investigation Bureau (NIB), and Hohoe Divisional Police Command stormed the plantation around 7 a.m. Thursday …

  Medical Superintendent of the Takoradi Hospital Dr. George Peprah has told the Takoradi Circuit Court A that Josephine Panyin Mensah – at the centre of alleged fake pregnancy and kidnapping claims – did not attend hospital for ante-natal care. According to him, Josephine Panyin Mensah rather visited the hospital …

Mohammed Mustapha Yussif, who was sentenced to 15years in prison with three others has been arranged before the Tamale Circuit Court in connection with another alleged car snatching incident in Tamale in the Northern region. The accused person has been accused of stealing a Toyota Camry Spider with registration number …

1 HOUR AGO   LISTEN     1 The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Northern Region has begun clamping down on illegal water connections in the region. The company shut down an illegal connection at a construction site in the Tamale metropolis. The two-storey building at the site is allegedly owned by a …

The Winneba District Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 23-year-old unemployed woman to six months in imprisonment in hard labour for stealing one iPhone valued at GH¢1,200 and using it to cash GH¢13,000.00 from an account belonging to a receptionist at Windy lodge in Effutu Municipality. The convict, Priscilla Gyedu, alias …

  A Ghanaian schooling in Scotland, the United Kingdom, has been arrested for allegedly soliciting for and pursuing sexual intercourse with a minor. The man identified in reports as Isaac Kris Soman is alleged to have arranged to have sex with a 14-year-old after he had met her online. In …

Nicholas Kani, the second accused person for the murder of 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdullah has said he was nowhere near the crime scene where the murder happened. Kani, has raised a defence of Alibi and said he has witnesses to support his defence of Alibi. An Alibi is a defence …