CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Bolt driver stabbed over traffic dispute

A man in a military uniform has allegedly stabbed a driver associated with ride-hailing cab; Bolt over a traffic dispute. The driver, who suffered from losing significant amount of blood was later resuscitated by medics at the Deseret Hospital at Santa Maria in Accra. According to Citinewsroom.com reports, the driver …

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Three persons arrested over stealing boxes of medicine at Bolgatanga Regional Hospital

The Police through an intelligence operation have arrested suspects Raymond Asoke, Noeyelle Bridget and Raheem Fasilat for stealing some boxes of medicine at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital. Suspect Raymond Asoke, a driver at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital was arrested on August 4, 2023 when he was monitored loading boxes of …

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Farmer shot dead as he slept by his four-month-old daughter

The entire Oborpah, a farming community in the Eastern Region, has been thrown into a state of fear and mourning following the murder of one Emmanuel Dapaah, a farmer and resident. The middle-aged man, presumably in his forties was allegedly shot and killed while sleeping by his four-month-old daughter by …

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Scrap dealer jailed 10 years for stealing car gearbox

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 25-year-old scrap dealer for stealing a Renault gear box and its housing belonging to a driver. Mohammed Mansur also stole engine heads of Toyota Corolla S, and Renault air conditioner motor, all totaling GHS8,500.00. Charged with unlawful entry and stealing, Mansur pleaded guilty. …

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Police officer, two others remanded over robbing Indian nationals of over GH¢595,000, $45,000

A Police officer stationed at the Nima Police Station, Inspector Abednego Bortier and two others including a tutor have been remanded into police custody for one week by the Circuit Court in Accra. They are said to have succeeded in robbing their Indian victims of huge sums of monies but …

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US$114K, £800, other huge sums of money stolen from a lawyer’s residence at Airport Residential

Eight individuals have been apprehended and presented before an Accra Circuit Court in connection with an alleged robbery at a lawyer’s residence in the Airport Residential area of Accra. Thechronicle.com.gh reports that the incident involved the theft of US$114,500, £800, GH¢50,000, and €3,000 from a trunk located inside the lawyer’s …

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Ejisu: Prisoner escapes, policewoman given 10 days to produce him

The Ejisu District Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has given a female police officer at the Kwaso Police Station, Corporal Ernestina Oteng Agyeman, ten days to produce a prisoner, Kofi Toku, who escaped while under her care at the Kwaso Police Station on July 20, 2023. According to …

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20-year-old prostitute imprisoned for sleeping with underage boy

A 20-year-old prostitute identified as Mercy Chisiyo from Lion’s Den, Chinhoyi, has been arraigned in court for sleeping with an underage boy.   New Zimbabwe reported that Mercy Chisiyo was apprehended by the authorities after being accused of engaging in intercourse with an underage boy.   The state’s case, led by prosecutor …

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Sexual Harassment: Court slaps ‘side chick’ NSS personnel with GH¢6,000 cost

An Accra High Court has imposed a cost of GH¢6,000 on Deborah Sayram Adablah, a former National Service person, after striking out the name of First Atlantic Bank from her case. Ms. Adablah had taken Ernest Kwasi Nimako, a former Chief Finance Officer at First Atlantic Bank, to court, alleging …

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Man butchers girlfriend over misunderstanding at Dunkwa-Offin

A man known to be in his late 30s has butchered his girlfriend, Gifty, a 28-year-old over a misunderstanding. Sources claim that although neither of them is from Dunkwa-on-Offin, they had fallen out and came to the town, where the man killed the woman. The man has since been arrested …

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