CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Policeman jumps from a three-storey building in a suicide attempt

A Police Corporal in Kumasi is recovering from multiple fractures after attempting suicide by jumping from a three-storey building in the city’s Central Business District. Corporal Emmanuel Sarpong with the Kumasi Ridge Police Station, according to a police situational report, sighted by MyNewsGh.com, drove to the Kumasi Central Barracks climbed …

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Newborn baby found lifeless in box near Tesano

In a heart-wrenching incident, the lifeless body of a newborn baby was discovered inside a box near a gutter at the dumping site adjacent to the Tesano Cluster of Schools in Accra. The distressing find was made by pupils from the school who had ventured to the site for a …

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Man uses poisoned yoghurt and fan milk to ‘kill’ pregnant girlfriend and son

Man, 28 has allegedly killed his girlfriend, 27 who was pregnant and his 7-year-old son in Anwiankwanta- Paona in the Ashanti Region. This report was contained in a video posted by Accra-based UTV which was sighted by GhanaWeb. The suspect whose name is given as, Isaac Kwadwo Nyarko, 28 and a …

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SHS student allegedly stabbed to death by boyfriend at Akyem-Nsutem

An 18-year-old student of the New Nsutam Senior High Technical School in the Abuakwa-North District of the Eastern Region has met her untimely death after being allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend. GhanaWeb gathered that Abigail Asare, a form two student of the school and resident of Accra on …

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Man butchers divorce-seeking wife at Pankese

In a shocking incident that unfolded in Pankese in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region, a 39-year-old teacher has been hospitalized after her husband allegedly assaulted her with a machete. The suspect, Baba Moses, unleashed a the attack on his wife, Paulina Agruba, on Thursday evening while she …

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24-year-old man lynched for allegedly stealing GH¢1,000

A 24-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death after being accused of stealing GH¢1,000. The incident occurred in Jenninso-Akwataniase, in the Amasie West District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased was apprehended first by his attackers and forced to confess to stealing the money. But denied it several times. However, …

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Suspect arrested in murder of Ghanaian-American lawmaker in New Jersey

A Virginia man has been arrested for the murder of Ghanaian-American New Jersey councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, who was gunned down outside her home in February. Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, who apparently knew Dwumfour from church, was taken into custody Tuesday morning on charges including first-degree murder, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda …

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Husband shoots wife in the head in front of their 4-year-old son

A 35-year-old woman at Ashaiman, Grace Kutor, has been reported dead. The woman is said to have been killed by her husband at night and in front of their 4-year-old son. A report by kessbenonline.com said that Grace died from multiple gunshots fired into her by her husband. The report …

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