CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A joint police-military operation led by officials from the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) in the Tamale metropolis on power theft has resulted in the arrest of nine suspects with several others issued with court summons. Forty-eight percent of power consumed in Tamale is lost to illegal connections. The exercise …

A 62-year-old Farmer, Emmanuel Tetteh who doubles as a fetish priest at Assin Akwetey No2 in the Assin South District of the Central Region has been remanded for 3 weeks into police custody by the Assin Fosu District Court for allegedly killing his friend, Emmanuel Kofi Koranteng in a cocoa …

A phone repairer who inflicted machete wounds on a labourer following a misunderstanding over non-payment of rent has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Raphael Abiwu, who has been charged with causing harm, pleaded guilty. The court presided over by Mrs Patricia Amponsah convicted the accused person on his own …

A twenty-year-old boy is in the custody of police in Damongo for allegedly kidnapping an 8-year-old girl. The suspect who has been identified as Nicholas was reportedly arrested and handed over to the police after several hours of manhunt. The incident occurred on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Alhassan-Kura a …

Huang Lei, the son of galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, has been remanded by the Accra Criminal Court 5 Division of the High Court to the Nsawam Medium security prison. This is pending Huang Lei’s trial for immigration offences. Aisha Huang’s son is standing trial together with another Chinese national, Huang Haihua …

A 25-year-old man, Isaac Godiga, affectionately called Jay Jay, has allegedly been stabbed to death by a young man only identified as Anane at Assin Akropong in the Assin Fosu municipality of the Central Region. The incident happened over stolen mobile phone confusion. According to the brother of the deceased, …

A 14-year old girl who was allegedly defiled by a police officer at Ave-Xevi in the Akatsi North District of the Volta says she has been subjected to mockery and harassment from other adults in the community. The victim, was allegedly defiled by Sergeant Emmanuel Duah, popularly known as Bob …

Isaac Godiga, a 35-year-old farmer has met his untimely death after he was stabbed several times in the chest and stomach at Assin Akropong in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News, Yaw Boagyan revealed the deceased confronted the suspect over his missing Samsung …

A first-year student of Gyaase Senior High School in the Assin North District of the Central Region has reportedly died from drowning. The student, identified as Joseph Asante, is reported to have drowned while attempting to fetch water from a river following a shortage of water on the campus of …

A man believed to be in his late 30s has been beaten to a pulp after he allegedly attempted to behead a pregnant woman and wounded another person at Gomoa Mamfam in the Central Region. The suspect reportedly went to Gomoa Mamfam new site and demanded food from the pregnant …