CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A tricycle rider, Samuel Kwaku Sakyi was jailed after he could not pay a fine of GHC 1,800. Telling his story to Crime Check Foundation, Samuel Kwaku Sakyi indicated that he was given a tricycle to work and pay. However, there was no set amount for him to follow suit …

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced Abraham Yeboah, an illegal miner, to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a student of his motorbike. Yeboah, who initially denied the offence, changed his plea to guilty and also pleaded with the Court for mercy. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Christian …

General Constable Bernard Nubin of the ‘Israel’ Police Station, under Achimota Mile 7 District, and three civilians are assisting the Accra Regional Police Command in investigations over alleged attempt to defraud an American of $20,000.00 The three civilians are Kwabena Ofori, Joshua Boateng and one Kueey, who is currently on …

A man in custody at the Kumasi Central Prison was found hanged, a source familiar with the development at the correctional center told dailymailgh.com. Richmond Opoku was under investigation by the Police at Trede and was due to go on trial at a court in Kumasi, the source said. The …

The Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command has picked up a 29-year-old man for posing as a police officer. The suspect, Agyemang Osei until his arrest was believed to have operated within the Kejetia enclave as a police officer. The police say they had …

In Delta State, a 34-year-old man known simply as Kevwe committed suicide by drinking a poisonous substance because of his inability to raise money to treat an undisclosed illness. The incident occurred at around 12.00 noon on Thursday, January 14, near the ever-busy Olympia Cinema, Abeke by Adeola Road, Sapele, …

A 9 years old girl is said to have been sadly killed and used for a ritual by his own biological father in a bid to gain more powers to run his church. According to reports received,  the pastor affectionately named Osofo Boakye deliberately killed his 9-year-old daughter for ritual purposes. The …

A vehicle carrying large quantities of dried leaves suspected of being weed was seized by police at Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region. At Netikope, near the Dzodze-Tadzewu Barrier in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta region, the car, a Hyundai commercial mini bus with registration …

Police at Akyem Ofoase in the Eastern Region have arrested four persons suspected of stealing church instruments. The suspects are; Kofi Adu a 30-year-old driver, Stephen Frimpong a 27-year-old farmer, Anane Blabo a 25-year-old illegal miner and Bismarck Adu a 25-year-old unemployed. Police say the suspects broke into the Assemblies …

A popular taxi driver at Dunkwa has been shot dead at Mmoatiakrom, near Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region and his taxi taken away by some identified armed robbers. The deceased only identified as “Culture” and believed to be in his early thirties, left behind …