CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Armed robbers sentenced to 60 years imprisonment

Three young men in Akatsi have been sentenced to a total of 60 years imprisonment by the Sogakope Court last Friday. The three, Godsway Sedofia, 19, Seraphim Torgbor, and Destiny Adzakpo, both 18, were sentenced for conspiring and robbing an ‘okada’ operator of his motorbike at gunpoint Each of them …

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3 arrested for burying 2-year-old autistic child alive at Komenda

Komenda Police Command has arrested a couple and a 70-year-old grandfather for burying their two years old autistic child alive at Dutch Komenda in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality of the Central Region. Owing to the medical condition of the child, a spiritualist convinced the couple, Abas Sualihu, 37 …

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2-year-old autistic child buried alive

A two-year-old boy with autism was buried alive by his grandfather last Friday. The incident that ensued at Dutch Komenda in the Central Region has shocked the community. Due to the boy’s condition, his 70-year-old grandfather considered him a spirit child and buried him at the shores of the coastal …

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70-year-old man arrested for burying autistic grandson alive

The parents and grandfather of a two-year-old are in the grips of the Elmina Police for allegedly burying the boy alive. As reported by Myjoyonline, the 2-year-old who is said to be autistic was buried alive at the shores of the Dutch Komenda sea in an incident that has left …

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Nursing mother declared wanted for abandoning baby over unpaid bills

A 32-year old nursing mother, Irene Osei Acheampong has been declared wanted by the Koforidua-Effiduase Police in the New Jauaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region for allegedly abandoning her weeks-old baby boy for inability to settle the medical bills after delivery. The suspect, a resident at Asokore-Dabi Asem, reportedly …

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26-year-old welder arrested for stealing laptops and other valuables

A 26-year-old welder, Ibrahim Achulo Jacob, has been arrested for robbing a worker of the Ghana Highway Authority at Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The incident reportedly occurred on March 7, 2022, at about 5:00am. The victim at the time woke up and realised his …

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Odumase police raid notorious ghettos, 17 arrested

The Odumase District Police Command of the Ghana Police Service in the Eastern Region on Friday arrested 17 suspected criminals at different ghettos in various suburbs of the District. The swoop was undertaken at Odumase and Atua by the security agency during the day as part of efforts to clamp …

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Thieves burgle Apostolic Church, steal musical instruments

Thieves have reportedly broken into a local branch of the Apostolic Church and have made away with some musical instruments belonging to the church. The thieves according to a report by Daily Guide sighted by GhanaWeb, broke into the auditorium of Asenma Akuapem Apostolic Church and stole an amplifier, mixer …

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MoMo agent shot by gunmen in Sawla

A Mobile Money vendor in Sawla, Abdul Razak, has been shot by unknown gun men in the late hours of Saturday March 26. The suspects allegedly bolted with huge sums of money belonging to the victim. According to some eye witnesses, the alleged robbers used a motorbike to execute their …

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Labourer jailed 12 months for stealing plantain and cocoyam

The Assin Foso Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu has sentenced a 23-year-old Labourer, Atsu Gemeni to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing a cocoyam and 7 bunches of plantain. The convict, Atsu Gemeni, pleaded guilty to stealing the food items from the farms …

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