CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A 25-year-old man has been gruesomely murdered by some irate youth at Awutua Akrampa in the Central region. The deceased, Evans Okyere was wrongly accused of stealing GH₵250 from a décor shop in the area. Adom News’ Central Regional correspondent, Kofi Adjei who broke the story said the late Evans was walking …

A special aide to the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture has been arrested in Parliament over the loss of a Huawei 230 phone belonging to a staff of the legislature. The suspect, Nana Sekyi, was picked up on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 18, 2020 by police officers in Parliament after …

The decomposed body of a 30-year-old woman has been discovered at Awutu Bontrase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region. According to reports, the deceased left home about four days ago to visit her parents at Gomoa Akramang. Her body was later discovered near a water reservoir …

A 35-year-old Pastor, Peter Kojo Eshun at Gomoa Eshiem in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region has been summoned to the Chief’s palace for defiling two siblings. The supposed man of God under the guise of healing the young girls of some alleged spiritual attacks reportedly had sexual …

CORPORAL Ghasty Yahaya Seidu, 37, with service number 43255 and attached to the Akuse District Police, has been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for robbery by a Circuit Court in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital. The Presiding Judge, Mercy Addai Kotei, found him guilty of two …

The 34-year-old former Sawla SHS mathematics teacher, Ernest Ocloo, is to appear before the Tamale High Court today, Monday, March 16, 2020, after being charged with rape by the Bole Magistrate Court. Details of the writ between the ‘Republic versus Ernest Ocloo’ indicate that the suspect committed the offence contrary …

A Koforidua High Court presided by Justice Mrs Cecilia Naa Shormeh Davis, has sentenced to death Kwabena Thomas Oduro, a fetish priest, on two charges of murder of Joseph Affenyi Nyame, a student of Kwahu-Ridge SHS, and Michael Ofori Agyepong, a storekeeper. The accused was also handed a 10-years imprisonment …

The Ejura Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested a mother of eight named Wezenam Kuyiri for dumping her fresh baby in a gutter near the Ejura bridge leading to the innocent baby’s death. According to Supt. Kingsley Owusu Bempah, his outfit had information that a fresh baby had been dumped following which hed led …

A man identified as Yaw Johnson is in the grips of the police for stabbing a 24-year bread seller to death at Nkawkaw in the Eastern region. According to the police, the deceased, Esther Afrifa was attacked by the assailant around 10:pm on Friday March 13, 2020 at Asona road, …

Armed robbers on Saturday attacked passengers travelling on the Tamale-Kintampo highway at Porto in the Bono East Region. The robbers said to be 12 in number subjected the passengers in the Urvan bus to intense search and took away their monies, phones, laptops and other valuables. JoyNews’ Seth Kwame Boateng …