CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 40- year old farmer to 11 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 12-year-old girl. The accused, Kojo Egyir, pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement but the Court presided over by Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith found him guilty after …

Eight armed robbers have shot and killed three people in the Ashanti Region in what authorities have described as a dramatic spectacle. The notorious robbers also critically injured another person before escaping with a gold loot at Manso Dadease in the Mansie West District of the Ashanti Region Monday night. …

Founder for International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim is still in the custody of the police, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Police Service, ASP Juliana Obeng told Boamah Darko on Hot FM’s morning, Wednesday. According to the PRO, the man of God did not meet the necessary …

A 60-year-old Yikatey Somatey is in the grips of the Police for allegedly butchering his wife to death at Gando near Nyanyema a suburb of the Sawla-Tuna Kalba District of the Savannah region. Her disposed body was found in the bush in a pool of blood. The suspect accused his …

The Sawla Tuna Kalba Police Command have arrested a 60-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife, Bora Bonbiatey, 57, at Gando near Nyanyema, a suburb of Tuna in the Savannah Region. The suspect, Yikatey Somatey, had accused his wife of cheating with another man in the community. DGN Online gathered …

An ex-convict Papa Sam popularly called Assemblyman was on Wednesday dawn allegedly found beaten to death by some unknown persons at Aquarium, a suburb of Cape Coast. Sam was a resident of Ntsin also a suburb of Cape Coast and was said to have been released from prison not long …

Tension is brewing at Prampram near Tema following an alleged murder of a Construction Supervisor of a real estate company in the area. The deceased, Samuel Kateynor alias Shaba, a 33-year-old resident of Ashaiman left behind a pregnant wife and three children. He was reportedly shot when he and his …

Founder and Leader of International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim has been arrested and charged with the publication of fake news and forgery of documents. Bishop Daniel Obinim was reported to the Police CID by maverick politician, Kennedy Agyapong for engaging in forgery and publishing of fake news. Speaking …

A total of about 36 persons, mostly foreigners, have been arrested by the Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for allegedly using unapproved routes to either enter or exit the country. While some of the suspects had been quarantined, others were escorted back to their countries. According …

The armed robbers, said to number about eight, fired indiscriminately during an operation to rob a gold dealer in the community, resulting in the death of three persons, including the driver of the District Chief Executive, Mr William Bediako. The driver, Mr Samuel Osei, together with some officials of the …