Tag Archives: FINED

The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has been convicted of reckless and inconsiderate driving. The lawmaker was arrested on Thursday, November 3, 2022, after he was seen driving in the middle of the road around the Airport by-pass in his V8 vehicle with no regard for law-abiding pedestrians …

The Kaneshie District Court has imposed a GH¢6,000 fine on Francis Awusi, an evangelist, for making false and offensive statements about Prophet Gabriel Akwesi Sarpong, General Overseer of Cross of Miracles International, Accra. Awusi, who is also a YouTube host, would in default serve one-year imprisonment. The said publications indicated …

An Accra High Court has ordered Investigative Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni and three others to pay a fine of GHC 2,400 each after finding them guilty of contempt of court. Manasseh and the three in default will serve one month imprisonment each, for publication of issues yet to be determined …

The driver of Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, the leader and founder of World Miracle Outreach, has been fined GH¢2,160 for using strobe lights in breach of the country’s traffic regulations. The vehicle was intercepted at the airport bypass for what the police indicate was his third arrest. The renowned evangelist indicated …

An electrical technician, Henry Teye Adjirackor, was yesterday sentenced to a fine of GH¢5,400 by the Circuit Court in Accra, for illegally installing Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) meters on premises. He will go to jail for 18 months in default. Adjirackor was convicted on his own plea of guilty …

The Akim Tafo Magistrate Court has sentenced the nine accused persons standing trial for attacking a teacher of the Anyinasin Methodist School to pay a fine of between GH¢1,800 (150 penalty units) and GH¢2,400 (200 penalty units) each or in default serve three months imprisonment with hard labour. The third …

A 32-year-old TV presenter at Next TV has pleaded guilty to the publication of false news and has been convicted on his own plea by the Kaneshie District Court. The court presided over by Mrs Ama Adomako Kwakye (Magistrate) convicted the accused after he changed his not guilty plea to …

A 60-year-old man has been fined Gh¢12,000 and some items including three sheep, crates of assorted drinks, and bottles of exotic schnapps by the traditional authorities of Assin Andoe in the Assin South District for having sexual intercourse with his three biological daughters and impregnating them. Kwame Atta, popularly known …

The Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced a driver to a fine of GH¢960 for driving on the shoulders of the road and carelessly crossing a magistrate and disrespecting her. Theophilus Nii Armah Okai narrowly escaped a month’s jail term, after the Presiding Judge, Mr Ebenezer Osei Darko, reluctantly reversed his …

A driver has been convicted for dangerous, careless and inconsiderate driving on the Accra- Kumasi highway (N6) at the Suhum interchange approach. The convict was arrested on Tuesday, 15th March 2022, for dangerous, careless and inconsiderate driving, failing to comply with road traffic sign to wit ‘road marking’, and was …