CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Three remand prisoners have broken Jail at Agona  Swedru Police Station in the Agona West Municipality of the  Central Regional. Sources reveal that the incident occurred at about 11 pm on Sunday when the police officers on duty realized that the three remand prisoners  Kwesi Delad 27, Jallo Yussfu, 38, …

A 31-year-old motor rider has been caged by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stabbing and injuring two persons in a scuffle over “leftover beer”. Salifu Awudu is said to have stabbed an unemployed man in the abdomen and administered cuts on a forestry officer’s arm with jack knife and …

Residents of Nsuta – Birim in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region have said some armed robbers in the area have resulted in putting their fingers in the private parts of women in the area. The armed robbers, who operate on the Nsuta-Birim-Jeduako road, according to the residents, …

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old truck driver for running over one of its officers at a checkpoint near Apam in the Central Region. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Central Regional Police Command, DSP Irene Serwaa Opong, the suspect, Francis Akese who was driving …

The Kaneshie District Court presided over by Her Honour Ama Adomah Kwakye has been informed that another suspect in the murder of Prof Yaw Benneh has been hospitalized. Opmapbour Agya Badu Nkansah has been hospitalized after he fell sick and is currently on admission at the Police Hospital. However the third …

The arrest of 10 men believed to NDC activists at Aboabo in Kumasi for allegedly engaging in acts of vigilantism has sparked reactions from some supporters. Police are yet to give reasons for their arrests but Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak says he is worried about the reoccurrence of such …

The Central Regional Police Command has detained a 50-year-old driver for running over one of its officers at a snap checkpoint at Apam. In an interview with JoyNews, the Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP Irene Serwaa Opong said Francis Akese who was driving a KIA truck with registration …

The Kibi Police has arrested a 36-year-old man parading as a National Security operative for attempting to illegally mine gold on the concession of a mining company. The accused “National Security operative” – Ibrahim Amaniampong – armed with a pump-action gun, 47 ammunition, and a handcuff stormed the concession of …

A Cape Coast Circuit Court Judge, Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, wished a convict she sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour, died in prison for defiling his two-year-old granddaughter. Mrs Smith described the act as “vicious” saying the convict could not show sympathy to the survivor at that tender …

Six armed robbers who attacked the Compass Oleum filling station at Akame on the Accra-Aflao road and their accomplice have been slapped with a total of 230 years’ imprisonment by the Ho High Court. The convicts, Philip Awu, alias Flat Body; Kofi Avorkah, Ebenezer Mensah, alias Vulture; Hebron Dotsey, Paul …