CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A man, only identified as Awuni has been lynched to death by residents of Makro, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region for stealing an amount of GH¢800. The suspected robber carried his operation on a businesswoman named Dorothy and her daughter at knife point, a report by Daily …

Correspondence from Eastern Region 22 persons including six men have been arrested at Kwahu-Obomeng in the Eastern Region for allegedly holding a marriage ceremony between two females at a popular LGBTQI+ joint in the community. A local journalist in the area, Okwahuhemaa Piesie Afia Pokua who spoke with GhanaWeb’s Michael …

An Ambulance driver, who was shot dead by robbers while conveying a pregnant woman, has been buried. Senior Emergency Medical Technician, Abraham Tetteh, died on Saturday morning while on admission after a gunshot wound to his eye. Almost two months after his demise, Mr Tetteh has been laid to rest after …

Two female siblings were traumatised after they were attacked and one of them raped at knife-point at Sefwi Boinzan in the Juaboso District. The victims narrated to Adom News’ Augustine Boah how they retired to bed earlier over heavy rain, only to meet a known intruder identified as Acquah in their room. …

A 38-year-old Nigerien, Ibrahim Karaou has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit court in Ashanti Region for defiling a 12-year-old girl multiple times. The complainant in the case is a farmer and father of the victim while the victim is a primary school …

A Policeman has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Cape Coast High Court after he was caught on camera demanding an amount GH¢2,000 from some civilians. General Sergeant Augustine Owusu-Ansah, with service No. 45533,  who was stationed at Assin Fosu in the Assin Central Municipality …

Police in Accra have arrested two suspects who are specialised in vehicle break-ins. The suspects, Wisdom Cudjoe, also known as Jordan and Joseph Ahenkora, were arrested on Saturday, 20th March, 2021 at Kasoa Opeikuma and Chorkor respectively, after they were captured on a CCTV camera, forcibly breaking into one of …

  Isaac Mensah, alias Ike, is being held by the Nima Divisional Police Command over the death of his pregnant girlfriend. Ike was said to have booked a room at the Nana Gyimah Hotel, Kokomlemle, where the deceased joined him later, only to be found dead the next day when …

  A 26-year-old young man was nearly lynched for stealing meat, stew and other items in a cluster of houses at Agapet, a suburb of Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amwenfi Municipality. The thief who gave his name as Kobby carried his ‘stealing operation’ on Thursday; a market day at …

  Suspected burglars broke into the residence of the Member of Parliament of Gomoa East, Desmond De-Graft Kwasi Paitoo on March 25, 2021. The MP said he woke up this morning, March 26, only to discover that the burglars had entered his residence. According to him, the burglars cut his burglar-proof window, …