A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 38-year-old welder to 20 years imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old girl in a car at Spintex, a suburb of Accra. John Appew is said to have taken the victim to the car under the pretext of teaching her how to drive but …
Read More »Farmer gets four years for stealing
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to four years imprisonment for stealing a vehicle. Nana Karikari, 43, also a businessman, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit the crime and stealing but he was found culpable during the trial. His accomplice is on the run. Police Inspector Benson …
Read More »‘Blow Job’ robber remanded
Emmanuel Ankron, the 23-year-old ‘blow job’ robber whose penis was bitten off by his victim has been remanded by the Obuasi Circuit Court. He was remanded by the court for three weeks into police custody to re-appear on November 20, 2020. DSP Martin Asenso, the Obuasi District Police Commander, who …
Read More »Pastor tragically slashes wife to death
A 75-year-old pastor, Kofi Prempeh, who oversees the Twifu-Ayebiahwe branch of the Twelve Apostles Church (Awoyo/Nakaba) in the Twifu-Hemang Lower Denkyira District in the Central Region, has been arrested for allegedly butchering his wife, Sofo Maame Ama Tawiah, to death. It is not clear what caused the preacher, popularly known …
Read More »Upper West Police hunt for gunmen who attacked NPP executive, 3 others
Police in the Upper West Region has revealed they are on a hunt for two gunmen who opened fire on the Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bukari Ali on Sunday, November 8, 2020. While returning to Wa in the company of three others, Bukari Ali was …
Read More »Two jailed for escaping from lawful custody
The Agona Swedru Magistrate’s Court has sentenced two prisoners who escaped from lawful custody to 24 months imprisonment each. Kwesi Delad 27 and Isaac Marful 21, both unemployed, pleaded guilty to the charge of escaping from lawful custody and the court presided over by Mr Isaac Apeatu sentenced them on …
Read More »Man, 29, allegedly commits suicide over lover
A 29-year-old man, only identified as John, who is a resident of Nweneso No. 2 in the Ashanti region, has allegedly committed suicide. According to sources, he committed the act after his long time girlfriend refused to marry him. A witness, Kwame Di Wo D3, in an interview with Adom News identified the …
Read More »N/R: 16 suspects remanded over attack on police officers
Some 16 suspects, who allegedly attacked the two police officers at Nanton Kpawumo in Tamale yesterday, have been reminded by the Tamale Circuit Court. Police officers, Atsu Adanu and L/CPL Mordzi Samuel were allegedly attacked by the community members after they followed a complainant, Rasheed, to Nanton Kpawumo to arrest a suspect, …
Read More »Robber nearly lynched after robbing MoMo merchant at Kasoa Ofaakor
A 31-year-old notorious robber Amadu Yakubu was nearly beaten to death by angry residents at Kasoa Ofaakor after he and his colleague robbed a mobile money vendor. Amadu and his friend are said to have stormed the victim shop, pulled out a broken bottle, and asked the victim to bring …
Read More »2 ‘Killer’ Fetish Priests Accomplices Grabbed
The police have arrested two more suspects connected to the fetish priests who allegedly killed a biochemistry consultant at a shrine located on the outskirts of Adu Kwadwo near Adeiso in the Eastern Region. The fetish priests namely Christian Awoe Gamelie, aka Power-One, 40, and Famous Adukonu, aka Scorpion, 37, …
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