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Parliament repeals death penalty, replaces it with life imprisonment

Ghana’s Parliament on Tuesday (July 25) passed the Criminal Offences (Amendment), Bill, 2022, which seeks to abolish the Death Penalty. When the President assents to the Bill, Ghana will now join the league of nations, which have replaced the Death Penalty with life imprisonment. The object of the Private Members’ …

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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling 11-year-old niece

A Kenyan man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling a minor. Lameck Ochieng was handed his sentence after the 11-year-old victim who happens to be his niece positively identified him in court. He reportedly committed the heinous act in Kameji area in Rongo sub-county …

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Nigerian man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of South African artist

The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday, March 13, 2023, sentenced a 37-year-old Nigerian national, Onyeghani Ekene Dumkele, to life imprisonment for the murder of Limpopo artist, Shaun-Doughlas Chabalala, 23.     Sunnyside police spokesperson, Captain Daniel Mavimbela said Chabalala was robbed inside the seventh-floor residential unit and then forcefully thrown …

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Woman sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for pouring hot water on co-tenant

An Ondo Magistrate Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a  23-year-old trader, Bose Arowosegbe, to three years imprisonment for pouring hot water on her neighbour, Mr. Imole Oluwajenyo.   Arowosegbe was convicted after she pleaded guilty to the lone count of assault slammed against her by the police.   The …

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Woman sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for stealing five children

  A Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 42-year-old woman, Victoria Enwerem (Anosike) to multiple jail terms for stealing five children in Onitsha. Enwerem was arraigned in Court on a-3 count charge: conspiracy to steal children; fraudulently enticing away and harbouring children, …

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Kenyan police officer who killed his girlfriend sentenced to life imprisonment

  An administrative police officer who shot and killed his girlfriend in Navakholo, Kakamega county, Kenya, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kakamega court on Thursday, February 23, 2023. The officer, Patrick Nyapara, shot 26-year-old, Christine Maonga, several times after a domestic quarrel in 2019. He allegedly suspected her …

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Man sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for defiling 8-year-old girl

A Non-Governmental Organization, Brave Heart Initiative has secured a court victory against a man who raped an 8-year-old girl in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State.   The NGO, in a statement on Sunday, February 12, 2023, said the convict, Frederick Agbozuadu was found guilty and sentenced to five …

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A Lady Sentenced To 25 Years Imprisonment For Killing Her Former Boyfriend Because He Stopped Paying Her Rent

A 29-year-old Kelsey Turner has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing her 71 years old sugar daddy after he stopped paying her rent and bills. The victim Thomas Buchard who is a psychiatrist dead body was found in the trunk of an abandoned vehicle on State Highway …

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A 32-Year-Old Married Man Sentenced To 50 Imprisonment For Sealing His Wife’s Genitals With Super Glue

A 32-year-old man, James Kifo Muriuki, was sentenced to 50 prison terms for dehumanizing his wife by sealing her genitals with sand and superglue. The man was convicted and sentenced to 50 years’ imprisonment for abusing his wife and seriously injuring her before Chief Major Njoki Kahara of the Chuka …

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