CRIME & PUNISHMENT

32-year-old ‘Dwarf priest’, Akwesi Body has been given a 7-year imprisonment term for defiling a 9-year-old girl at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The sentence was handed by Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided by his honor Ebenezer Osei Darko. Akwesi Body was convicted upon …

A cocoa farmer in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region, identified as Eric Arhin, has reportedly butchered his wife for threatening to divorce him. Eric Arhin is reported to completely cut off the arms of his wife, Regina Duku, aside inflicting severe cutlass wounds on the head and back. …

Some 14 suspected members of a secessionist group – Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) – have been remanded in police custody pending a determination of their bail hearing. The 14 were arrested in the Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region during a meeting where they were allegedly discussing strategies to …

A Nigerian trader, accused of impersonating three Ministers of State to defraud some people of more than GH¢10,000.00, is battling to execute her bail. Vivian Sajida Imran, who appeared before an Accra Circuit on Wednesday Court, from custody, consequently had her case adjourned to June 17. The Court, presided over …

A group of armed men dressed as healthcare workers have stolen a large amount of cash from a supermarket in the South African city of Pietermaritzburg. The men pretended to be Covid-19 health inspectors when they entered Checkers supermarket, IOL reported. They were wearing masks, face shields, gloves and white …

One of the 14 land guards picked up by the Police for allegedly terrorising residents of Pantang collapsed when an Accra Circuit Court remanded him into lawful custody. Illa Ismael was, however, resuscitated and provided water to drink. Ismael was, thereafter, handcuffed and escorted by armed Policemen into a waiting …

A very sad information My News Ghana has received has it that an Okada rider and a pillion have been crushed to death by a Tipper Truck at the Gomoa Akramang in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The accident occurred Wednesday morning. The deceased persons – Kwadwo Isaac 19, the …

The Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Her Lordship Patricia Amponsah has convicted Ebenezer Osei Bonsu for inflicting open wounds on his three-year-old son. The Police in Ashanti Region arrested the 25-year-old father on 10 May 2020 and charged him for assault and causing harm. The toddler who had his …

Danaah Sulemana, 25, a driver’s mate is in the grip of the Lamashegu Divisional Police Command for allegedly defiling a two year old girl at Kumbungu in the Northern region on June 2. Information gathered by DGN Online revealed that the victim and her friends were playing at a nearby …

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Andrews Cudjoe has remanded Yikatey Somatey, a 60 year old farmer from Gando in the Sawla Tuna Kalba District of the Savannah region into prison custody for allegedly killing his wife. The accused person has been charged with murder and will …