Three New York men who spent over 20 years in prison for a murder they said they did not commit were on Friday cleared of their convictions. According to The Associated Press, Vincent Ellerbe, James Irons, and Thomas Malik were convicted in the horrific 1995 killing of subway token clerk …
Read More »Convicted ex-president returns to Burkina Faso
The former President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, has arrived back in his country after spending seven years in exile. The government says he is there to hold talks with the military junta as part of reconciliation efforts. One journalist has been tweeting pictures of the return: In April this …
Read More »Mason, wife convicted for beating man’s girlfriend
The Asante-Bekwai circuit court in the Ashanti Region has convicted a man and his wife for assaulting the man’s girlfriend. Oko Agyeman, a mason, and his wife Christiana Annan, a trader, were convicted on their own plea after they admitted to beating the complainant, Helena Opoku. Ghana News Agency reported. …
Read More »Medikal convicted after pleading guilty to display of arms and ammunition
Rapper Samuel Adu Frimpong popularly known as Medikal has been convicted by the Circuit Court in Accra for displaying of arms and ammunition. Medikal was convicted after he openly told the court he wants to change his not guilty plea to guilty. According to EIB Network’s Court Correspondent Murtala Inusah, …
Read More »Spiritualist, 28, convicted for defiling 11-year-old girl
The Tamale Circuit Court presided over by His Worship Mr. William Twumasi Appiah has convicted a 28-year-old spiritualist, Adam Arafat, to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for the defilement of an 11-year-old girl in Tamale. In January 2020, Arafat through a TV and Radio advert, compelled the victim’s mother …
Read More »Four landlords convicted over failure to construct household toilets
The La Magistrate’s Court has convicted four landlords over their refusal to construct household toilets for their tenants. The four; Mary Tagoe, Doris Lamptey, Nii Asowah and Borteley Lantei, were convicted on their own plea by the court, presided over by Mrs Juliet Osei Doudu. This was after they had …
Read More »Driver convicted for destroying Akufo-Addo’s fence wall
• The convict is a 46-year-old mechanic identified as Antaru Issaka • His brakes reportedly failed him while he was driving around the President’s Nima residence on May 15, 2021 • He rammed the Mercedes Benz into the fence wall of the President’s wall to avoid running into other …
Read More »Convicted Akuapem Poloo faces three-year jail term
Ghanaian actress Rosemond Alade Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, faces a maximum of three years in jail for going nude on social media with her son. An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday convicted her and ordered for a pregnancy test for her before her sentencing on Friday 16 April 2021.. …
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