CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Two students, unemployed sentenced for assault

A Magistrate Court at Wamfie in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region has sentenced two male students and a jobless young man to sign a bond of good behaviour for 12 months. In default, they would serve six months imprisonment for criminal conduct and unlawfully assaulting three male …

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Man in police custody for inflicting cutlass wounds on family members

The Obuasi District Police Command has in their custody a 43-year-old man for inflicting cutlass wounds on four of his family members at New Baakoyeden at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Isaac Wiredu, is reported to have attacked his family members over a land dispute after he was …

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Man, 38, commits suicide after defiling 12-year-old daughter at Anomabo

A 38-year-old man Atta Munkoh has committed suicide by hanging after defiling his 12-year-old daughter at Anomabo-Nwonwomaadze, a small community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. Information suggests the deceased had been having sex with his daughter for some time now and warned her not to disclose it …

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Man, 42, killed and dumped near Health Centre

A 42-year-old Man Kofi Essien has been found dead near a Health Center at Breman Brakwa in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central Region. It is not clear who the assailants are. A rope was found tied at the waist of the man who was found Thursday morning …

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Kasoa: Man, 37, shot dead at Awutu Papaase over land dispute

A 37-year-old man Isaac Mensah also known as Ekow has been shot dead at Awutu Papaase number one near Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region. Four suspects have since been arrested by the Ofaakor District Police Command. Information gathered indicates that Ekow was shot dead …

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Robbers kill 8-year-old girl in the Ashanti Region

The Police in the Ashanti Region is on a manhunt for some suspected Fulani armed robbers who attacked a Yeji bound bus at Woraso on Thursday dawn. According to an eyewitness, the robbers blocked the main Ejura-Mampong road at Woraso to embark on the robbery. “They wielded assault rifles and …

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Two wee-toffee peddlers nearly lynched over their nationwide supplies at Bantama

Two suspected wee-toffee peddlers have been arrested at Bantama and handed over to the regional police command in the Ashanti Region. The two young men were almost lynched to death at Bantama on Thursday, March 10 when they went to the Kumasi-Obuasi station at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GEE) …

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11-year-old girl found dead by hanging at Old Tafo

Blessing Asamoah, 11, has been found dead hanging on a metal pole at Old Tafo in the Ashanti. Father of the deceased, Isaac Asamoah in a close interview with GhanaWeb’s correspondent in the Ashanti Region narrated that his 11-year old daughter returned from school on Wednesday day fit and sought permission …

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17-year-old boy stabbed to death at Obuasi

A 17-year-old boy at Anyinam in Obuasi Municipal of the Ashanti Region, with the name Captain, had been mercilessly stabbed to death. Captain is a student of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SEC_TECH). Information coming out indicates the victim was hanging out with friends at a night club during a …

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Suspected cable thief electrocuted while ‘stealing’ cables at Pokuase Interchange

A 40-year-old thief has been electrocuted under the Pokuase Interchange while stealing earth wires at the high-tension pylons. Branteng Kofi Appiah according to police information available to MyNewsGh.com, was found lying down with his whole body burnt even though he was not dead. Police officers who were at the scene …

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