CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Reports reaching A2zgh.com’s desk indicates that a man with name given as Paul has poured hot water on a 23-year-old boy over an alleged misunderstanding that ensues between them over a girlfriend. Our investigations have it that the 23-year-old Daniel who is currently under medical treatment after sustaining severe skin …

Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 28-year-old man at Banda in the Bono region. The new graduate fell victim to violence which erupted between NPP and NDC supporters following an impasse at a voter’s registration centre. The Police announced the arrests on Facebook. Meanwhile, …

Two unidentified suspects have been arrested by a military patrol team with four locally manufactured guns and other weapons in their possession at Kojokura, a suburb of the West Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region. They are alleged to have aided and escorted two fully loaded KIA trucks with people …

Reports from Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party. The attack happened on Sunday night in the village of Kukun-Daji in the Kaura area of Kaduna. Community leader Jonathan Asake told the BBC …

A Ho High Court presided over by Justice Eric Baah has sentenced two persons to a total of 34 years in prison for trafficking nine children in the Volta region, after a 2-year trial. The two, 40-year-old Aku Kedevi, a fishmonger and 63-year-old Michael Boti, a fisherman, were respectively sentenced …

The Tesano Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly shooting a Police officer at Chantan a suburb of Acrra. The suspect, Shakira Nasir, who is said to be a sister of the deceased was reported to have shot Constable Abdul Rashid in cold blood leaving many surprised. Abubakar …

An Islamic school teacher has allegedly defiled one of his female students, who is only seven years of age at Garu in the Upper East region. Residents of Gbeliginvuus, a farming community in the Garu District, are in a state of shock as the news hit town of how the …

The Ellembelle District Police Command has cleared conflicting reports circulating on social media about how a 31-year-old lady killed her boyfriend at Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. Immediately the sad news broke, some media houses reported that the lady stabbed her boyfriend to death for allegedly …

An Accra Circuit court on Thursday sentenced Nii Quaye Tawiah, a 20-year-old who robbed a lady of her mobile phone to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour. Nii Tawiah pleaded not guilty to the offence but was found culpable after trial. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector William K. Boateng told the …

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested Adjei Boye, a landlord at Manhean, for allegedly murdering his tenant by butchering him with a cutlass. Boye reportedly also hacked the wife of Kweku Abu, 38, the deceased, with the same cutlass causing injuries to her head. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) …