CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A two-year-old boy has lost his life after falling into a Veronica bucket at Kwahu Dura in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern region. Police report says the boy, Yaw Anim, fell into the Veronica bucket in an attempt to fetch water in the absence of his mother. He …

Residents of Zorkor Gambolga in the Bongo District in the Upper East Region were thrown into a state of shock when a man severed the middle and the ring fingers of his 11-year-old nephew for allegedly stealing his GH¢20. The suspect, Felix Aposonge Ayelazoya, put the victim’s fingers on a …

A suspected armed robber has been beaten to death by some Charia community members over a robbery attack. The Upper West Regional Police Command in a statement said: “Two unidentified men suspected to be of Fulani descent, armed with single barrel guns attacked Karim Yahaya, a Fulani herdsman at his …

Two Nigeriens have been arrested by the Neoplan Station police in Accra for allegedly biting off the penis of their compatriot in an appalling attack. The two have been identified as Habib Lawani, 24, and Jibril Sumana, 23. The victim, identified only as Taller, was rushed to the Kaneshie Polyclinic …

Two restaurant owners were jailed 723 years in prison for seafood scam in Thailand. CNN reports that Apichart Bowornbancharak and Prapassorn Bawornban were jailed a total of 723 years in prison after they were involved in a seafood scam. The two sold vouchers to customers that entitled them to use …

ASTOR A 57-year-old Pastor of the African Faith Tabernacle Church at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region Peter Inkoom has been fined by the Chief of the area after it emerged that he has been having sexual intercourse with his own mother for 19 years. Joseph Quarshie, a Junior brother …

A 22-year-old auto mechanic (Fitter) who attacked and robbed a student at Esaase in the Atwima-Nwabiagya North District, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Alfred Adu Gyamfi, together with an accomplice who is currently on the run, is said to have attacked Gabriel Owusu, a …

The surviving driver in a gory accident that claimed 34 lives has been sentenced to one year in prison. Appearing before a Cape Coast Circuit Court on Monday, Mark Mireku was found guilty on 34 counts of dangerous driving. The said accident happened at Dompoase on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway …

A fierce gun battle has led to the death of two armed robbers and caused injury to one policeman in Kumasi, the police have said. The police had got wind of a looming robbery expedition at Santasi Anyinam on Tuesday evening, so they dispatched men to the area to foil …

About 100.10 grams of a whitish substance suspected to be high value cocaine which was confiscated by the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority at the Kpoglu Border Post in the Ketu South Municipality is missing. According to the Narcotics Control Board [NACOB], the substance, together with an undisclosed amount …