CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Asamankese Circuit Court presided by His Honour Abubakari Abass Adams has convicted a mobile Banker with South Akim Rural bank to five years imprisonment for stealing Ghc115,114.00 belonging to customers of the bank. The convict, Essah Gabriel Ansah,26, was found guilty on the charge of stealing contrary to section …

The Ahafo regional police command has declared one Kwame Capo wanted for killing his wife at Kwame Nkran a farming community in the Asunafo district of the Ahafo region. The 32-year-old lady whose name has been given as Gifty was shot dead by her husband in the early hours of …

A man, who is currently on the run, has shot his wife dead with his mother-in-law in a critical condition after he inflicted cutlass wounds on her. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Thursday at an area called Three Brothers at Sankore of the Ahafo Region. A …

Madam Theresa Asamoah, has been sentenced by a Kumasi Circuit Court to six years in prison with hard labour for stealing a baby at the Kumasi South Hospital. Priscilla Appiah, a 21-year-old daughter of Madam Asamoah, pleaded not guilty and was granted bail of GH ¢100,000 with three sureties to …

Five persons have been arrested for impersonating senior military officers at a mining site in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. They were arrested on Wednesday, 8 September 2021. Three of the suspects were dressed in military uniforms. The Operations Commander for the Central Command, Colonel Emmanuel Gyadu, …

Three persons in fatigues have been arrested by the military command in the Ashanti region for illegal possession of military accoutrements. The three were arrested at a mining site in the Manso Nkwanta enclave when they were allegedly extorting money from some miners on Wednesday, September 8. They drove in …

A 19-year-old Emmanuel Addae, also known as Kofi Yesu, a notorious armed robber who has been terrorizing residents of Assin Fosu Habitat, broke down in court after he was jailed 20 years by the Cape Coast Circuit Court. The Judge, Her Honour Mrs. Dorinda Smith Arthur handed the sentence on …

The Bole Magistrate Court has sentenced a 19-year-old old illegal mining (galamsey) operator, Issahaku Aziz, to 18 months imprisonment. The sentence was handed to him by His Worship, Andrew Prince Cudjoe, for possession of a stolen unregistered Apsonic Aloba motorbike valued at GHS 4,800.00. The prosecutor in the case, Chief …

The Kumasi Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Fred Obikyere has granted bail of Ghc200,000 each with two sureties ( to be justified) to the two traders who were caught for allegedly trading in contaminated frozen chicken. The suspects Hajarah Fuseini, 30, mother of 5 and Francis Kojo, a …

The Pastor of the African Faith Church at Nyinahin in the Ashanti region has been arrested for allegedly defiling his sixteen-year-old daughter. He allegedly committed the act under the guise that he was directed by the Holy Spirit to cleanse the girl who he claimed had committed the sin of …