CRIME & PUNISHMENT

  The prime suspect of a gang of assailants who murdered a 24-year-old woman in Koforidua in 2019 has committed suicide. The suspect Kofi Tiatia, believed to be 36 years, was found hanging on a tree Wednesday, June 9 at Nsukwao, a suburb of New Juaben South. His body has …

•The Takoradi Circuit Court has jailed 3 illegal small scale miners • The activities of galamsey operators have become a topical issue in recent months • The presiding judge, Abigail Animah Asare, noted that the 15 years imprisonment each was a minimum sentence Three illegal small scale miners popularly known …

• Two armed broke into a forex bureau at Osu • The robbery was captured in a video • The robbers fired a warning shot while fleeing the scene Two armed men on a motorbike broke into a forex bureau close to the Police Headquarters in Osu in broad daylight …

 Linda Agyei, a 23- year old woman at Odumasi, a farming community near Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, has been hospitalised with serious burns after her husband poured hot water on her for not serving him supper. She has been admitted at Nkwanta Medical Hospital receiving treatment with …

  Police at Abesim in Sunyani municipality have arrested Hilda Asumani, a 27- year-old hairdresser, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Prince Yaw Aboagye, to death. The deceased, 30, who suffered multiple wounds on his neck and chin, is said to have been in a relationship with the suspect for about …

Colonel Isaac Amponsah, in charge of the Military Academy Training School, one of the first witnesses in the alleged treason trial involving Dr Frederick Mac Palm, Chief Executive, Citadel Hospital, and nine others, appeared in Court on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Colonel Amponsah said his boss, Major General M.P. Andoh, …

A Kumasi High Court has convicted four Chinese nationals for their involvement in illegal mining activities on a 40-acre land of Obuasi-based Seidu Fanzia School. The plaintiffs sought compensation and other reliefs from court. However, Shi Li Wen, Huang Shen Jun, Li DeHao and Lan Hai Song are to be deported for …

A Retired teacher, Emmanuel Abrokwa has shot himself dead at Ekumfi Aburam in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region Monday morning after returning from the farm. It is unknown what pushed the deceased to take his life. An eyewitness Samuel Acquah told Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan that not long …

Police in Kibi have arrested two people who attacked tomato traders and shot one person dead on the Bunso-Osiem highway in the Eastern Region. Reports indicate the incident occurred at about 0400 hours on Sunday, June 6, 2021, at Bunso Site 2. The tomato traders were onboard a KIA Rhino …

A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, committed suicide by shooting himself dead after he shot dead a customs officer at the Oloko checkpoint, Gbaji on Badagry-Seme expressway on Wednesday, June 2. According to reports, the soldier accidentally shot the Customs officer when his own …