CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Robert Adana, a Sachet Water Supplier, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 13-year- old girl at Kwabenya in Accra. Adana, 30, charged with defilement has pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, admitted Adana to bail in the sum of GHC60,000 …

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old Ghanaian musician to a fine of GH¢2,400 for stealing various items at the West Hills Mall branch of Shoprite. The young man identified as David Ike is also to serve a three months jail term. The items stolen were Cling Cracker biscuit, …

Two South Korean nationals have been reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on the waters off Ghana. A Ghanaian-flagged fishing vessel was attacked 200 kilometres southeast of the coastal city of Tema on Friday (local time), according to Dryad Global, a London-based maritime security consultancy, and Seoul officials. A total of …

A young woman, believed to be in her late teens, has been killed with her body parts removed at Gomoa Lome in the Central region. The unidentified female was discovered by some residents in a supine position, lying on a lone road surrounded with bushes. After taking some steps closer, …

30-year-old Kwabena sekye has been stabbed several times to death by a Cameroon national at Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The suspect also inflicted cutlass wounds on another person after a small misunderstanding. According to information, the suspect accused the deceased of being informat …

Police on Thursday gunned-down two persons suspected to be carjackers at Asamankese in the Eastern Region during a gun battle. The deceased, who had not been identified, were said to have snatched a Nissan Murano vehicle at gun point in Accra in the early hours of Thursday and travelled to …

A 28-year-old mobile money vendor, Owusu Adjei, has been shot dead at Onwi in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 26 August 2020 around 7:30 pm. Narrating the incident, the Assemblymember for the area, Isaac Aboagye Antwi, explained that the armed robbers who wore …

A thirty-year-old man identified as Lucky Mensah has been served a 6-month jail term for breaking into a shop and stealing groceries at Oyarifa near Adenta. The Adenta District Magistrate Court served him the jail term after he pleaded guilty to all charges leveled against him. Speaking to the media …

Some 22kg of the drug, estimated to be worth £1.8m, was seized on 11 August. A further 30kg, with an estimated value of £2.4m, was confiscated on 18 August. Both hauls were concealed within vegetables such as sweet potatoes. Another 3kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of £250,000 …

A chainsaw operator, Akwasi Yeboah popularly known as “Osebor” has been arrested by Nyankomase Ahenkro Police Command for repeatedly raping his niece who is a 16-year-old JHS 3 Pupil in the Assin South District of the central region. The victim was staying with the suspect after she claimed her parents …