CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Missing twin: Couple takes 37 Military Hospital to task

When a couple in Accra walked into the 37 Military Hospital Maternity Unit, they were expecting twins, but they were stunned to be handed a single baby after delivery. They are accusing the staff of the hospital of allegedly being re­sponsible for the ‘disappearance’ of one of the freshly-born babies supposed to …

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Alleged crossdresser killed in Kongo

A young man, Bugbil Roger Adaboo Toure, has allegedly been killed for wearing female clothes at Kongo in the Nandom District of the Upper East Region. The man, believed to be in his early twenties, was found dead in the community and suspected to have been killed by some irate …

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Mother hangs son, commits suicide

In the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, in a community called Ajoa, a woman has hanged herself after hanging her child. The tragedy happened in an uncompleted building in the community. A group of labourers working on the property who saw the dead bodies hanging in the building …

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Evangelist ,75, missing after house-to-house evangelism at Kormantse

A 75 year old Jehovah Witness Evangelist is nowhere to be found after a week house to house evangelism. The aged evangelist was always active in the Church’s Evangelism ministry though she cannot speak well. News of the old lady going missing has thrown rsidents of Kormantse-Kokodo near Mankessim in …

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Mustapha Hamidu charged for fraud

A self-professed phone trader, Mustapha Hamidu, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly selling packed broken tiles as phones. He has been charged with two counts of attempting to commit crime and defrauding by false pretence. Hamidu, who is also known as Abulley, appeared before the court presided …

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Mentally ill man butchers father at Assin Tumfokro

A 65-year-old farmer at Tumfokro in the Assin South District of the Central Region, Daniel Nsowah, is battling for his life at Abura-Dunkwa District Hospital following machete wounds inflicted on him by his son who is mentally ill. The victim received multiple slashes in his head, neck, shoulder, and elbow …

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Man commits suicide at Aburi Botanical gardens

A man believed to be in his fifties has allegedly committed suicide in the Aburi Botanical gardens in the Eastern region. The man identified as Agya Awuah was found hanging dead with a rope on his neck tied to a tree in the garden Friday, January 13, 2023. The deceased …

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Taxi driver murdered at Mampong with hands and legs tied

A cabbie was found allegedly murdered in his car at Mampong near Sekondi on Sunday. The deceased, who was later identified as Frederick Quaidoo, was found dead with his hands and legs tied with a rope and had bruises all over his body. The lifeless body was lying at the …

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Woman accuses ex-husband of sodomising their son

A middle-aged woman is accusing her ex-husband of sodomising their ward. Mary Yeboah alleges her ex-husband, Kwaku Darko, sodomised their child who was a year and eight months old thrice when they were together as couple. According to the woman, the child’s health started deteriorating, with regular fever and fluid …

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