CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Student remanded over assault on teacher over homework

The Accra Juvenile Court “C” has remanded a Junior High School (JHS) final year pupil of the Nungua Kroma Two JHS, for allegedly assaulting a teacher who punished him for failure to do his homework. He has denied conspiring with 15 other men to assault the teacher and has been …

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Will killers of Takoradi girls become first to be executed by death sentence since 1993?

Two Nigerians, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji were on Friday, March 5, 2020 condemned to death by a Sekondi High Court. The two were found guilty of the kidnap and subsequent murder of Ruth Abakah, 19; Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21; Ruth Love Quayson,18 and Priscilla Koranchie, 15 between July …

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Two persons jailed for robbery

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) court has sentenced two persons to 10 years imprisonment each for robbing a mechanic at the Atafoa Forest Reserve, near Kumasi. Atta Thomas, 23 and Kwaku Mensah, 19, pleaded not guilty to the charge but were convicted by the court after trial, presided over by …

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Dead abandoned baby found at Teshie

A one-week-old baby boy was on Thursday, March 4, 2021, found dead and abandoned at Teshie in Accra. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, said on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 0900 hours, the Teshie District Police received …

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Sekondi court sentences kidnappers of Takoradi girls to death

A Sekondi High court has sentenced to death, the two accused persons behind the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the 4 Takoradi girls. However, the Judge has given a 30 day window for the accused to appeal, if need be. Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji, second accused, both Nigerians, …

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Kokomlemle: Woman found dead in hotel room

A woman in her mid-thirties has been found dead at Nana Gyimah Hotel located at Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra. According to the hotel’s management, a man booked a room on Monday, March 1, 2021, and had a female visitor. The client left the next day and did not return. …

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Man handed 21 years jail sentence for defiling 4-month old baby

A 31-year-old man in Zomba, Mumuderanji Kayere, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for defiling a 4-month old baby. Senior Resident Magistrate Rodrick Michongwe said he run out of the best words to express the behavior of the convict considering the age difference and what he really wanted …

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Notorious armed robber’s jail term increases to 90 years

Prince Adu, also known as Dracula, a notorious armed robber, who was jailed to a cumulative 63 years by a Ho Circuit Court for three robbery offences, has his jail term increased to 90 years, when the court sentenced him to an additional 27 years in hard labour for similar …

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Gunman shot dead man at Afrancho Dam Junction in Offinso

An unknown gunman has shot and killed a 30-year-old man at Afrancho Dam Junction in Offinso in the Ashanti Region and absconded. The unfortunate killing of the man, whose identity is not known, has compelled the police in Offinso to mount a wild search to arrest the killer. The body …

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