CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A level 300 ICT student from the University of Education, Winneba, has committed suicide by hanging at her hostel in Winneba. According to a UTV new report, the deceased student whose name is given as Rita Anane, reading Information Communication Technology (ICT) at the university, hanged herself at her hostel. …

  A 62-year-old fetish priest at Parembo Sawaba in the Pru East district of the Bono East region, Solomon Mbalegon, has allegedly killed himself after murdering his wife. Solomon Mbalegon reportedly stabbed his 25-year-old wife, Nakoli Mbalegon in the neck before stabbing himself in the stomach resulting in their untimely …

A young woman in Gomoa Buduburam, Central Region, is fighting for her life after her fiancee allegedly stabbed her. The victim was reportedly stabbed by her fiancee, a footballer, who accused her of cheating. Reporting from the scene where the incident occurred on Friday, September 22, 2023, Oheneba Ademah said …

A level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has committed suicide after a few misunderstandings with his father at Wassa Akropong. Isaac Ofori is said to have gone out with his friends where he took in some hard liquors. This didn’t sit well with …

An 18-year old girl has allegedly been raped to death by unknown assailants at Anwiankwata in the Ashanti Region. The lifeless body of the young girl who was only identified as Abena Georgina was found in an uncompleted building near the house of the deceased. Some residents who throng to …

The Upper West regional police CID has apprehended a 22-year-old man in connection with the alleged defilement of a 4-year-old girl in Wa, citinewsroom.com has reported. The incident transpired on a Saturday afternoon at an uncompleted building located in the Banmaarayiri community. The child’s mother had sent her daughter to …

Five illegal miners who were caught mining in the Ankobra River without authority have been sentenced to a total of 125 years imprisonment in hard labour. Richard Kumasi, Fiamahe Jerry John, Korblavi Kumasi, Daniel Afenu, and Matthew Gedie, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and undertaking small scale …

Pastor Lawrence Nii Narku Odonkor, former pastor of Lighthouse Chapel International (Akyem Oda) branch, who was accused of stealing over GHC7,000 belonging to the church, has been acquitted and discharged. Appearing before an Accra Circuit Court earlier, Pastor Odonkor pleaded not guilty to two counts of stealing and for dishonestly …

A jilted fetish priest, identified as Togbe Gadefia, has violently attacked his ex-girlfriend, Rakia Huseini, Starrfmonline.com. reports. Rakia Huseini, a 25-year-old woman, was left severely injured and had to be rushed to the Asamankese Government Hospital before being referred to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. According to sources, Togbe …

Sister Afia, a trader in the Ashanti Region, was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, whose name has not been revealed. The suspect allegedly attacked the wife with a machete. However, details available indicate that the suspect was extremely aggressive and repeatedly abused the woman. Before the sad incident, …