CRIME & PUNISHMENT

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Ellen Asamoah has adjourned the case in which Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) has been adjourned to October 1, 2020. The State had previously on June 24, 2020, filed new charges against NAM 1 at …

An 18-year-old young man known as Okai has allegedly defiled and impregnated a 12-year-old girl in Assin Homaho-Domeabra in the Assin South District of the Central region. According to the girl, the suspect slept with her for about five consecutive times in a classroom. Okai, has since gone into hiding …

Police in the Upper West Region have gunned down a suspected armed robber after exchanging gunshots with unidentified men terrorizing road users in Wa, the regional capital. The Police had received information around 2:30am Saturday that a group of young armed men had mounted a roadblock and were robbing passengers. …

A 38-year-old Tema-based suspected car snatcher, Alhassan Imrani, has been arrested by the Tamale Divisional Police Command at Banvim in the Tamale Metropolis. The arrest, which took place on Saturday, September 5 at 1100 GMT, was upon a tip-off, according to police. The suspect is said to have been involved …

NPP Youth Organizer at Agosa Electoral Area in Techiman, Stephen Oduro, has been arrested by the Techiman District Police Patrol team for pulling down billboards belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The 35-year-old suspect was spotted taking down signposts numbering about five, which had the images of the NDC …

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, has sentenced 24-year old undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Salau Olumide, pictured above, to three months of sweeping road and clearing of gutters for internet fraud.   A statement released by the antigraft agency says Olumide was prosecuted …

A yet-to-be identified boy in his late teens has reportedly been shot dead in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State by unknown gunmen. The incident our reporter gathered happened at Adindu street off Omuma road in Aba North Local Government Area of the state. According to reports, the incident …

A family at Adjei Kojo Suncity in the Tema West Municipality is in shock after finding their daughter in a pool of blood in their home on September 4. According to the mother of the deceased, Salomey Terkpertey, she was with her daughter at the shop where she sells food before …

The Accra Regional Police Command in Friday dawn swoops arrested some 93 suspected criminals at drug peddling and crime noted areas in the Accra Metropolis. The Police seized quantities of wrapped dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The suspects, between the ages of 18 and 60 were arrested in …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has busted three persons suspected to be involved in street robberies in the Kumasi Metropolis. Three suspects according to police were arrested on suspicion of several counts of robbery and possession of stolen items. Addressing the Media in a press conference on Thursday, September 3, …