CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Three (3) persons have sustained knife wounds while many others escaped unhurt after a group of thugs numbering over twenty (20) attacked the Gomoa Kumbey chiefs palace which is under the Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council in the Central Region. Properties worth thousands of cedis have been destroyed. The attack at …

An illegal miner has been stabbed to death by his colleague over Ghc10 at Amenam in Birim North District of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Kwabena Asante 35, has been deposited at Mamaso Community Hospital Morgue.  A misunderstanding ensued between the suspect Felix Kofi Fredrick and Kwabena …

A 24-year-old man who was injured by a hit-and-run driver in 2014 now has his flesh and bones rotting due to lack of funds to receive the right treatment to save his life. Mr Bless Faasemkye, also known as Sabbah, says due to poverty, his family members, except his mother, …

The Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested one Emmanuel Phillip, suspected to be a Nigerian by nationality, with the new Ghana voter ID card. The Command, stationed in Ketu South in the Volta Region, nabbed the suspect on Monday, July 6 when he attempted to …

A hundred (100) years old “Awoyo” Prophetess, Comfort Aba Otuaa, a resident of Awutu Osardu in the Agona East District has been murdered by her own grandson over her refusal to give him money to buy marijuana (Weed). The sad incident which occurred Wednesday has thrown the entire community into a state of shock …

The Amasaman Police Command is investigating the circumstances that led to a 35-year-old mother of five take her own life. The late Gladys Laweh, according to sources was spotted by her ten-year-old son hanging in their apartment at Doblo Gonno in the Ga West municipality on July 7. Her husband, …

Some unknown thieves managed to break into Accra Technical University’s ‘Gringo’ female hostel. They stole provisions and cash belonging to some of the final year students. Thieves have been tormenting female students in one of the Accra Technical University hostels known as ‘Gringo’. The hostel which is strictly meant to …

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death over a girl. The deceased Benjamin Awusah was stabbed in the chest near the right breast by a gang of seven okada riders. The incident occurred at Akuapem Adawso in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region. Brother to the deceased …

The Agona Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced a 37-year-old man residing at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru in the Central Region, to seven years’ imprisonment for chopping off the right leg of his two-year-old daughter. The convict, Mawuli Bossu, pleaded not guilty to the charges of causing harm and use …

A Hohoe Magistrate Court has sentenced Kudzo Gonyo, a tenant to a fine of GH¢ 300.00 for indiscriminately disposing refuse in front of his dwelling. Gonyo pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea and would serve a term of one month imprisonment if he defaults in paying the …