CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A woman in her late 50s has been killed by a young Fulani herdsman early Wednesday dawn at Mafi-Agoea, a rural community in the Central Tongu district of the Volta region. The suspect, a young Fulani herdsman, believed to be in his late 20s is said to be a customer …

Police investigations have established that the alleged kidnapping of a 14-year old boy at Area 52 in Ho last Friday was a hoax. The boy, who was found blindfolded with his hand tied in a scar, claimed that his abductors abandoned him after the person they sent him to rejected …

A 17-year-old student at Bakaano, who was among a gang of four that defiled a 13-year old girl has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit Court. The convict, (name withheld), pleaded guilty simplicita to the charge of defilement contrary to section 101(2) …

The Enchi District Magistrate’s Court has convicted an 18-year-old farmer, Francis Coffie, to a fine of GHC600 for stealing his neighbour’s sheep, valued at GHC800. In default he will spend six months in prison with hard labour. Coffie pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing before the Court, presided over …

A fuel attendant known as Emmanuel Kwarteng has been shot dead by armed robbers at a Shell fuel station in Accra. The incident happened at 2am on Friday, October 9, 2020, after robbers led the victims to a cubicle where the stations’ safe was kept, took the keys to the …

This video showing the moment a Lady pickpocket stole from an unsuspecting woman has left tongues wagging. When the word pickpocket is mentioned, the next thing you expect is that people become alert and focused. The term pickpocket is a dreaded word that has instilled fear in the minds of …

The Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Benjamin Bannor Bio, has been attacked by armed robbers. The incident happened on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway about 10:30 pm on Saturday, 10 October 2020. The EC official was on his way from the Western Region to Kumasi. Mr Bannor Bio, …

A Sekondi District Magistrate Court “B” presided over by Her Worship Rosemary Edith Hayford has convicted two persons for faking their kidnapping at Sekondi. Even though the court convicted the two, Wilhelmina Aidoo aged 18 and Ransford Mensah alias Rapture aged 22 on their own plea, the magistrate deferred their …

The Marine Police Unit in Tema have picked up six people in connection with an alleged attempt to illegally import arms and ammunition into the country from Turkey. The 436 pistols and 26 packs of ammunition consisting of 50 pieces each in a pack were found to have been concealed …

The Yendi Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service has launched a search for 13 suspects identified to have masterminded the killing of a 31-year-old staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) at Sanguli in the Saboba District on Thursday, October 8. One Dana Nyogma, who allegedly shot and killed …