CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Fetish priest involved in abuse of beauty pageant contestant charged

The police in the Eastern Region have charged culprits involved in the molestation of some contestants of the 2019 Miss Commonwealth Beauty Pageant at a shrine. The bizarre case happened at a shrine belonging to one Togbe Shito at Akyem–Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North Municipal of the Eastern Region. Some …

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Coconut seller butchers friend to death over coconut husks

A man believed to be in his twenties has been butchered to death by his friend at Breman Kokoso in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa district of the Central Region. The Victim Kojo Mensah popularly Known as Mandela had an argument with his friend Kweku Boadu popularly known as Cantona over …

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Canadian kidnapping: Seidu Mba, 3 others discharged

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice George Boadi has discharged four out of the eight accused persons who have been held in connection with the kidnapping of two Canadian nationals in Kumasi. The four are Seidu Abubarkar also known as Mba, Abdul Rahman Sulemana, …

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3 ‘killer’ cops who butchered Adonfe driver interdicted

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has interdicted three police officers for manhandling and butchering a civilian driver at Adonfe on Tuesday, 15 October 2019. They have been handed over to the Police Intelligence and Professional Standard Bureau for investigation. A statement from the police Command said it has recommended, as …

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Renowned Pastor impregnates married woman; begs husband to accept responsibility

A renowned Pastor of one of the popular churches (name withheld) whose amorous relationship with a married woman was a top gossip topic in the community has resulted in a pregnancy. The pastor despite committing the adulterous act, is asking the woman at the centre of the entire controversy to …

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Nigerian allegedly butchers employee over GHC20

A thirty-one (31) year old Nigerian known as Mayor Harvard, has been arrested by the Suntreso Divisional Police Command in the Ashanti Region for allegedly butchering his Nigerian employee, Paul Tombowa, 26, over a credit voucher worth GHC20 at Agric-Kokode in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Mypurefmonline.com reports. …

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77-year-old marijuana farmer arrested, 2-acre weed farm destroyed in Bono East

A 77-year-old man who’s a weed farmer at Atebubu in the Bono East Region, Opanin Kwadwo Sampene has been arrested by the Police for growing the banned plant. His 2-acre marijuana farm at Mem a suburb of Atebubu has been destroyed by Police personnel deployed from the Atebubu Police command …

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Send wee smokers to the hospital not prison – former NACOB Boss

Former Executive Secretary of  the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Akrasi Sarpong, has argued that  law enforcement with regards to marijuana must needs to be reviewed so that users of the drug are sent to hospital instead of prosecuting them and throwing them into prison. “If it is about harm, alcohol …

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Police clash with residents over WEE; one dead

One person has been confirmed dead while two others including a policeman identified as Corporal Seth Agbango have been injured after police clashed with locals in an attempt to arrest drug peddlers. The incident MyNewsGh.com, gathered occurred at Adomfe a town near Juaso in Asante Akim South District of the Ashanti …

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Arrest Mahama and Bagbin now – Minister directs police

Deputy Minister for Defense, Major (retired) Derrick Oduro has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of former President John Mahama and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin over unsubstantiated claims government is training thugs at the military installation at Asutuare. “They should get them arrested for …

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