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Court adjourns ‘kidnappers’ case again

A Takoradi District Magistrate court has once again adjourned a case in which two Nigerians are standing trial for allegedly kidnapping and murdering four girls from Western Region’s city of Takoradi to March 19, 2020. On February 5 the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, dropped the previous charge of kidnappings against …

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49-year-old man ties hands of teenager, sodomises him at Kasoa

A 49-year-old man, Adamu Tawiah, has been accused of serially sodomising a 19-year old man. The incident occurred at Peace Town, Kasoa-Amanfrom, in the Central Region. Narrating the incident to Accra 100.5FM’s Opanyin Darko on Tuesday, 18 February 2020, the victim said: “The man asked for my name and I …

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PHOTOS: The six runaway convicts wanted by the police since 2011

TheGhanaReport profiles a list of six prisoners, who escaped from custody while on labour duty outside some prisons in parts of the country. They have been declared wanted by the Ghana Prisons Service. The fugitives are convicted persons, serving various terms for stealing, conspiracy and robbery. The escapees, who ran …

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VIDEO: Men who kidnapped and sexually abused two missing girls at Gbawe arrested

Two girls both aged 15, reported missing by the Ghana Police Service a week ago, have been found at Gomoa Nyanyanor in the company of six young men who took turns to sexually abuse them. According to the Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Afia …

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Father impregnates 14-year-old daughter at Anyah

The Anyah District Police in Greater Accra is investigating a case of incest against a 42-year-old father who is said to have sexually abused his biological daughter and impregnated her. The 14-year old daughter is a primary six pupil and is currently five months pregnant while the father [name withheld] …

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Two missing Gbawe-Mallam girls were not kidnapped – DSP Afia Tenge

Two girls who were reported missing on February 8, 2019, have been found, Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Afia Tenge has said. Their disappearance which was largely attributed to a case of kidnap apparently was misconstrued. According to DSP Afia Tenge, the girls who were found at a …

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2 detained for possessing firearms illegally

  Two persons, Kofi Yeboah alias Lepetin and Shadrack Yeboah aka Obeng, have been remanded in prison custody to reappear on February 25, 2020, for possessing firearms and ammunitions without lawful authority. The court presided over by his worship Fred Obikyere remanded them on their own plea of guilty. Complainants …

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Police arrests 19-year-old Ghanaian kidnapper in Jamaica

Police in Akim Oda in the Eastern Region on Monday, February 17, 2020, arrested a 19-year-old Ebenezer Oko, on suspicion of kidnapping a nine-year-old boy at Jamaica, a suburb of Akim Asuboa. According to a statement, “On the morning of Sunday, February 16, 2020, the suspect claiming to be a …

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5-month-old baby raped by playful cousin; baby bleeds to death

In a shocking incident, a five-month-old baby girl was allegedly raped on Sunday night by her cousin brother who took the baby to play with her. The child was found late on Sunday night and taken to a hospital where she died during treatment according to initial information filed by …

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Police arrests one more suspect in alleged murder of Ruth Eshun

The Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested one more suspect in the alleged murder of Ruth Eshun, a community nurse with the Sewua Health Center. The police in a statement said on Thursday, February 13, 2020 acting on information they arrested suspect Kofi Garba alias Amanya Attiuwenti 37 …

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