The Nkawie Circuit Court has granted a 38-year-old unemployed man a GH¢ 10,000.00 bail with two sureties for unlawful entry and stealing. Bright Mensah, is said to have broken the window of the house of the complainant at Nyankyerenease, near Asuoyeboa, in the Kwadaso Municipality, and made away with several …
Read More »SC throws out Brogya Genfi’s suit against Ghana-US Cooperation deal
The Supreme Court of Ghana has dismissed a suit filed by a private citizen that asked the court to set aside the agreement ratified by Parliament between Ghana and the United States over a military cooperation deal. The apex court took a unanimous decision in dismissing the case on the …
Read More »Covid-19: Court fines stubborn Nkwakaw pastor GHC1,200
The Nkawkaw District Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Albert Kwasi Owusu has convicted Pastor of Kingdom of God Church who was arrested for holding Church Service Sunday despite the ban on public gathering to a fine of Ghc1,200 in default serves eighteen(18) months imprisonment in hard labour. The …
Read More »Court sentences fetish priest to death for murder
A Koforidua High Court presided by Justice Mrs Cecilia Naa Shormeh Davis, has sentenced to death Kwabena Thomas Oduro, a fetish priest, on two charges of murder of Joseph Affenyi Nyame, a student of Kwahu-Ridge SHS, and Michael Ofori Agyepong, a storekeeper. The accused was also handed a 10-years imprisonment …
Read More »Three Men Sentenced To Death For Stealing Pineapples
Kenya’s appellate court has dealt three men a severe blow after upholding their death sentence. The three men were sentenced to death for stealing 30 pineapples from a farm Thika owned by Del Monte. The men namely; Julius Mugambi, Edward Mburu and Francis Maina were found guilty after being positively …
Read More »Court adjourns ‘kidnappers’ case again
A Takoradi District Magistrate court has once again adjourned a case in which two Nigerians are standing trial for allegedly kidnapping and murdering four girls from Western Region’s city of Takoradi to March 19, 2020. On February 5 the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, dropped the previous charge of kidnappings against …
Read More »Court acquits Pastor Obeng Bekoe of fraud
An Accra Circuit Court on Friday acquitted and discharged Pastor Emmanuel Obeng Bekoe of a GH¢115,000.00 fraud charge brought against him over the sale of fertiliser. Pastor Bekoe, with Baba Charles Yides, a caretaker, was charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretence; but he was found …
Read More »Court throws out application to search Sammy Gyamfi’s phone
An Accra High Court has thrown out an application by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to search the phone records of the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi. The court has also denied the police access to Mr Gyamfi’s Facebook …
Read More »Osafo-Maafo goes to court over Kroll contract surcharge
The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo says he is heading to court with four others over the auditor general’s decision to surcharge him in the one million Kroll contract. The former member of Parliament says the move is to afford him the opportunty to clear his name in the matter. “I …
Read More »Russian court sentences 11 for Saint Petersburg bombing
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced 11 people to terms including life in prison after finding them guilty of a deadly bomb attack on the Saint Petersburg metro in 2017. Abror Azimov, a 29-year-old from Kyrgyzstan, was sentenced by a military court in Russia’s second biggest city to life in …
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