CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Woman accused of killing boy, 6, for stealing fish from soup

The Amanfrom District Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old woman, identified as Madina Agyei, for allegedly killing her brother’s son. The sad incident occurred at Amanfom Official Town in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Daily Guide reports that the six-year-old boy was accused by the suspect …

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Jailed fake pastor confesses his modus operandi

A 26-year-old fraudster, Samuel Boadu who pretended to be a prophet and defrauded his victims of huge sums of money has been jailed. Boadu was jailed for sixteen months for false pretense. Speaking to Crime Check Foundation’s Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng on the Foundation’s flagship programme, ‘Time With The Prisoner’, Boadu …

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5 ways to stay in love with your partner

In every relationship, there comes a moment when the fire goes out a bit, and things start to feel very routine. Those butterflies can’t keep fluttering in your stomach forever, and those rose-colored glasses will really come off at some point. Of course, that doesn’t mean that you should end …

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Two Achimota Forest robbers jailed 5years each

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced two unemployed persons who were terrorising commuters at the Achimota Forest area to five years imprisonment each for stealing. Shadrack Boakye, alias “Anopa,” age 23, vulcanizer and Jacob Sentikwa, alias Hitler, age 24, denied conspiring to commit the crime but they were found culpable …

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Police gunned down one robber at Tema Golf City

The Police in Tela have gunned down one suspected armed robber in Tema, Golf City in Accra. This happened on Monday, December 6, a Police statement said on Thursday, December 9. Following a distress call about a robbery attack in the area, the statement said, a Police patrol team immediately …

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Illegal miner given 15 years over robbery

The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old illegal small-scale miner to 15 years imprisonment for robbery at Betinko, near Nkawie, in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality. Alhassan Sammy was said to have attacked and robbed his victim together with other accomplices who are on the run, of his mobile …

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Two arrested for conspiring to sell boy,16, for Ghc800k

The Akyem Oda District Police Command in Eastern Region has arrested two suspects for conspiring to sell a 16-year-old boy for Ghc800,000. The suspects are Kwaku Asare, 24, and Kwame Asante, 28. Starr News has gathered that the arrest was made through a collaboration between Police and an informant (name …

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E/R: Police arrest blacksmith for supplying firearms to armed robbers

The Donkorkrom Divisional Police Command have arrested a 46-year-old blacksmith, Philip Kpieladon, for his alleged involvement in the supply of firearms to armed robbers in the Afram Plains area. The suspect was arrested at Maame Krobo upon intelligence by police. Items retrieved include three (3) foreign-made pistols, two (2) locally …

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Ghana records 27 new Coronavirus cases

Ghana has recorded 27 new cases of COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said. The country’s active cases are now 692, this, according to the Service has brought the country’s total confirmed cases to 131,246 as of December 1, 2021. The Service has also indicated that there were no …

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Mason jailed for 18 years for GH¢500 cash, phone

Mason robs man while sleeping Court jails 38-year-old man with hard labour Mason found guilty of robbery A 32-year-old mason, William Agyekum alias Ninja, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. The Asamankese Circuit presided over by Mr Abass Abubakari Adams, found him guilty and …

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WASSCE 2021: Thousands of results cancelled, withheld

446,352 wrote 2021 WASSCE WAEC cancels results of some students WAEC creates a shortcode for candidates to check results The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that a total of 1,339 subject results and 174 entire results of some students who sat for the 2021 West African Senior School …

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Boyfriend sets mother of two on fire in Nkawkaw

A 30-year-old mother of two kids has been burnt to death at Nkawkaw Kurofofrom in the Eastern Region. It has emerged that the suspect, Foster Onwona, who happens to be the boyfriend of the deceased, allegedly set the room they were living in with the daughter ablaze. The 9-year-old child …

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20-year-old sprayer jailed 10 years for robbing lady of iPhone 6

A 20-year-old sprayer, who subjected a student to several slaps after robbing her of her iPhone 6 mobile phone, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Adentan Circuit Court. Ibrahim Ahmed is said to have attacked the complainant with a pair of scissors. Ahmed pleaded guilty to robbery. …

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Ex-police officer, 37, shoots tenant over rent arrears

A 37-year-old ex-police officer has been arrested by police at Ejisu for allegedly attempting to shoot his tenant over rent arrears. Prince Nyarko was said to have fired two gunshots on Saturday, December 5, 2021, to ostensibly cause harm to his tenant after a scuffle between the two over unpaid …

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C/R: How two suspected thieves nearly lynched at Awutu Bereku

Two young men narrowly escaped being lynched for stealing at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The incident happened Monday, December 6, morning around 9:30 am after a group of Youth in the area grabbed the suspects Sampson Quaye and the other commonly known …

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Ghana, South Africa hoping to team up to produce covid-19 vaccines

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana has taken the lead among African countries to ensure that coronavirus vaccines are produced locally. Mr Akufo-Addo said African countries could no longer rely on other countries around the globe for vaccines to inoculate the people.. His comments came on the back of a …

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Six arrested over illegal AK 47 transaction

The Police on Friday, December 3, 2021 arrested six suspects for their involvement in an illegal AK 47 transaction. The first suspect, Alhassan Jamah, was arrested near Osino by the National Operations Directorate Highway patrol during a stop and search operation. An AK 47 rifle with 12 rounds of ammunition …

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Two suspected thieves escape lynching at Awutu Bereku

Two young men, believed to be in their late twenties, narrowly escaped lynching for stealing at Awutu Bereku, a district in the Central Region. The two suspects, identified as Sampson Quaye and another simply known as Rasta, were caught red-handed stealing electric cables and other materials from an uncompleted building. …

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Buying a Ghana-used car – 3 mistakes you must avoid

Buying a car is a big decision especially for first time buyers because of the huge financial input it requires to get even a moderately priced vehicle in Ghana. Therefore, such a decision should be taken with the best awareness of what to look out for in order to get …

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