CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Farmer allegedly murders okada rider and buries him in a farm

A 45-year-old farmer, Michael Akrofi, alias Kofi, is on the run after allegedly murdering his friend, Oboye Joe, 32, an Okada rider and burying him on his farm at Ebehn near Asenema in the Okere District of Eastern Region. The Police have since mounted a search for the farmer who …

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Boy, 19, allegedly sodomises four-year-old girl at Kasoa

A four-year-old girl is in ill health after a 19-year-old young man, Kwabena Dodzi, allegedly sodomised her in an uncompleted building. The mother of the victim, Margaret Apraku, told Adom News’ Seth Adjei her daughter’s inability to sit or ease herself made her suspicious of foul play. Interrogation, she said, …

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Barber jailed 10 years over sexual abuse

A Circuit Court in Accra has handed down 10 years imprisonment on a 22-year-old Barber for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, at Abeka in Accra. Yaw Sontah, charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty but the Court after the trial, found him guilty and sentenced him accordingly. Before being sentenced, …

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Ghana’s biggest car snatching syndicate busted with 7 stolen cars

A car snatching syndicate that can pass for the biggest in the history of the country has been arrested in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. Police indicated following numerous complaints from residents about their vehicles being snatched at gunpoint by miscreants mostly robbers, they devised a strategy …

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Drunk driver faces court over pedestrian’s death

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GHC60,000 bail with two sureties to a driver who allegedly negligently caused harm to four pedestrians resulting in the death of one. The Court presided over by Afia Owusua Appiah ordered that one of the sureties should be justified. Emmanuel Omabu should also …

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Police officer arrested for shooting into crowd on Accra-Tema Motorway

A police officer, who allegedly fired his pump action gun into a crowd of mourners and thereby injuring one person on the Accra-Tema Motorway, has been arrested by the East Legon Police Command. District Commander Superintendent Kwame Gyasi Asare said investigations were ongoing after which the culprit will be made …

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Adanse Fomena bullion van robbery: Ashanti police arrest 5 suspect 

The Ashanti Regional Police Command have arrested five suspected armed robbers believed to have killed a police officer in a bullion van attack at Adanse Fomena  on January 19, 2021. Addressing  journalists on Monday February 22, 2021 at the Central Police Command monitored by OTEC News’ Kwame Agyenim Boateng, police …

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Suspected thief beaten to pulp at Assin Fosu

A middle-aged man has been beaten to pulp in a botched robbery operation. The young man, whose name was only given as Issah, a native of Twifo Praso, is said to have been invited by a friend for the operation. But luck eluded him when they were caught while stealing …

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