CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Old Woman Commits Suicide

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, …

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Thieves break into Accra Technical University’s hostel, steal provisions, cash, etc. belonging to final year students

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 …

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17 year old boy killed over girlfriend

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 …

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Man jailed 7 years for chopping off daughter’s leg

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 …

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Tenant convicted for indiscriminate disposal of refuse

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 …

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Mob attacks two thieves at Weija, One Killed

Two suspected thieves have been attacked by an angry mob at Negleshie Amanfrom, a suburb of Accra in the Greater Accra Region. One of the suspects, Selasie Asinyo who survived the attack, has been admitted at an undisclosed hospital receiving treatment but the other, Agbesi was pronounced dead on arrival …

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Self-styled military man arrested for impersonation

A 27-year old self-styled military man has been arrested at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District in the Bono Region. The suspect, Isaac Owusu, was arrested by a joint military cum police detachment that were waiting to escort the Regional Minister, Evelyn Ama Richardson on an inspection tour of the …

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Three suspected Burkinabés arrested in Navrongo with Ghana Cards

Three men suspected to be nationals of neighbouring Burkina Faso have been detained at the Navrongo Police station for the possession of Ghana Cards. The suspects, two of whose identities have been given as Iddrisu Zeydane and Muhadeen Ismail, were seized by a local on Saturday at the Doba Primary …

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10 arrested over Kassena-Nankana deadly clashes

Police in Navrongo have arrested 10 people over renewed clashes in Kassena-Nankana in the Upper East Region. Six people have been killed and 12 houses torched after some residents from the Doba and Kantiga communities clashed over a parcel of land intended for a police station. Speaking to Starr News …

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Voter’s register: Seven Asanteman SHS students arrested in queue at Asawase

    Seven out of twenty-one final year students of Asanteman Senior High school allegedly bused by a tutor Bismark Okyere to register in the Asawase Constituency have been arrested. One student was first arrested when he was spotted in a queue attempting to register. The student upon sensing danger …

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