CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Mother arrested for burning 4-year-old daughter over missing sandals

A 29-year-old nursing mother from Oforikurom, a town near Samreboi in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality, has been arrested for burning her four-year-old daughter’s lower area for misplacing her sandals worth GH₵8. According to the assembly member, Azure Suleman, the woman was allegedly punishing her child for misplacing her sandals …

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Man battles for his life after chopping off his scrotum while asleep

A 47-year-old Kofi Atta, popularly known as Wofa Atta is currently battling for his life at the St. Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu after he strangely cut off his genitals with knives while asleep. The victim who hails from Assin Akomfode in the Assin North District of the Central …

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Mother reports son to police after poisoning corn dough meant for the market

35-year-old Felix Yawson has been arrested at Gomoa- Dominase in the Central Region for mixing a poisonous substance believed to be weedicide with his mother’s corn dough which she sells on the market. According to reports, Yawson was arrested following a complaint by his mother to the police. Speaking to …

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15-year-old student allegedly commits suicide

15-year-old Kwadwo Emma, a first-year student of Agogo State SHS, has committed suicide at Abuakwa DKC in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. According to sources, the incident was uncovered around 4 pm today (Friday, August 12, 2022”. The grandmother of the deceased, Madam Okyere Darkoah Rebecca, …

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PHOTOS: Man cuts off daughter’s fingers with blade for begging

A 53-year-old man has been arrested by the police for physically abusing his seven-year-old daughter. The father, who the girl stays with, reportedly cut parts of her fingers with a blade for begging for money and afterwards smeared pepper on the wounds. The police on August 11, 2022 received a …

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Electrical technician fined GH¢5,400 for illegally installing ECG meters

An electrical technician, Henry Teye Adjirackor, was yesterday sentenced to a fine of GH¢5,400 by the Circuit Court in Accra, for illegally installing Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) meters on premises. He will go to jail for 18 months in default. Adjirackor was convicted on his own plea of guilty …

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Head of Ambulance Service allegedly commits suicide over a woman

The Head of the National Ambulance Service at Adansi South District in the Ashanti Region has reportedly committed suicide. The deceased, named Mr Famous, allegedly hanged him because of a woman he was reportedly dating. According to a report by Kessen TV in Kumasi, the emergency service staff left a …

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T’di: Teenager mistaken for a thief, inflicted with deep machete wounds

A 17-year-old resident of Apremdo in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region, Prince Amoah, is currently battling for his life after he was mistaken for a thief by a group of angry men. Speaking in an interview with Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson on Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, Prince Amoah, who is a mechanic …

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Toilet attendant who bathed man with human excreta remanded for 2 weeks

A toilet Attendant, Kwabena Osei popularly known as ‘Abaadaho’ has been remanded into police custody for two weeks by the Assin Fosu Magistrate Court, presided by His Worship Abdul Majid Illiasu. He is to reappear on 18th August 2022. The suspect pleaded guilty to the charges of offensive conduct, however, …

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