CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service have revealed through Preliminary investigation that their officer who died on Tuesday night had six gunshots from the rear by his attackers largely suspected to be smugglers. The statement issued and signed by one Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul-Mumin Seidu, added that AICO Michael Out …

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has sentenced a man, Tunmise Abraham, to death by hanging for raping and killing his landlady, Mrs Bukola Olanrewaju, a mother of three. The court found Abraham guilty of raping and killing his landlady at the Olorunda …

Two suspects who feigned to be staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and extorted money from some customers have been arrested and are in police custody. The suspects: Richard Nii Moi and Edward Quartey, are being held at the Israel Police Station, near Sowutuom in Accra. Mrs Mary …

An Immigration Officer stationed in the Upper West region Michael Otu has been shot dead by unknown assailants, Starr News has gathered. The incident occurred on Tuesday night at Kokoligu, a village between Nandom and Hamile. The body of the deceased officer has since been deposited at the St. Theresa’s …

A steel bender who robbed a sick woman of her bag containing her medication, GHC60.00, mobile phone and Voter Identity Card, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Adentan Circuit Court. The victim was believed to be returning from a hospital when the incident occurred Kweku Okyere, 27, …

The Kaneshie Divisional Police command has arrested two persons in connection with a break-in on Sunday at New Times Corporation in Accra, publishers of Ghanaian Times newspaper. The thieves are reported to have broken into eight offices and made away with a Lenovo laptop, an unspecified amount of money, among …

A 64-year-old resident of Anyini in the Ashanti Region is in the grips of the police for allegedly killing his 44-year-old wife. Kwaku Obeng, according to a report by Daily Guide, shot and killed Sophia Akosua Boahemaa at close range after she had threatened to divorce him. The incident, as …

Police are investigating a foiled robbery incident involving an ride hailing app driver believed to be in his 30s and allegedly connived with armed robbers to steal his father’s dollars. The robbery went wrong after the suspected driver called a supposed assailant to arrange an operation to rob his father, …

Some drivers and passengers travelling from Assin Fosu direction towards Kumasi have been subjected to severe beating by armed robbers after robbing them of their valuables. The attack occurred around 1:00 am Monday at Assin Endwa in the Assin North District of the Central Region. The masked armed robbers numbering …

A mother of one, Comfort Tawiah, is currently battling for her life after her lover poured acid on her over cheating fears at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The suspect has been identified as Ishmael Atsitso Agboko, popularly known as King Duga, and resides at Kasoa. Information gathered suggested that …