A 33-year-old unemployed woman, Priscilla Owusua has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in hard labour by the Asamankese Circuit Court for stealing a three-month-old child in Boadua. Priscilla Owusua, also known as Haggar was charged for child stealing, contrary to section 23(1) and 93 of the Criminal offenses Acts …
Read More »Two persons arrested for stealing mattresses at Appiatse Relief Camp
Two males in their early 30s have been arrested by the security agencies at the Appiatse Relief Camp for allegedly stealing two mattresses. The suspects were arrested on Thursday at the security gate of the Camp when they made a brisk attempt to sneak out with the items. They have …
Read More »Denkyira: Man, 22, tortured for allegedly stealing mobile phone
A 22-year-old man, Kojo Ampong, is in critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted for stealing at Enyan Denkyira in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The incident happened Wednesday evening around 9:30pm at a ghetto after a suspect by name Mfantse allegedly sent his gang to …
Read More »Court sentences woman for stealing GHC13,000 with stolen iPhone
The Winneba District Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 23-year-old unemployed woman to six months in imprisonment in hard labour for stealing one iPhone valued at GH¢1,200 and using it to cash GH¢13,000.00 from an account belonging to a receptionist at Windy lodge in Effutu Municipality. The convict, Priscilla Gyedu, alias …
Read More »Court sentences two, remands fetish priest for stealing
The Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a mason to eight years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. It also sentenced another to a fine of GH¢2,400.00 for abetment of crime whilst the third, a fetish priest was also remanded for abetment of crime and dishonestly receiving. Meshack Akwasi Amoh, the …
Read More »Mate accused of stealing driver’s phone lashed in public at Appolonia
Commercial bus conductor accused of stealing mobile phone Dozens look on as accused ‘mate’ is subjected to lashes Nana Aba Anamoah draws police attention to extrajudicial punishment of bus conductor A bus conductor accused of stealing a driver’s phone has been subjected to bouts of lashes as punishment. A video …
Read More »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. …
Read More »5 arrested for stealing railway tracks
Five persons have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing railway tracks running into millions of Ghana Cedis, at Daanyansah and Kwesiho in the Eastern region. The suspects aged between 25 and 30, are Kwame Sammy, Akwasi Ofori, Abduali Issaka, Kwabena Tawiah, and David Kofi Adofo. The Ghanaian Times …
Read More »Man jailed 3 years for stealing policeman’s plantain
A young man whose name is given as Mensah Moses has been jailed for three years for stealing plantain from the garden of a Policeman. Narrating his sad ordeal to Crime Check Foundation, Mensah indicated that he shares a wall with the Policeman at Saltpond in the Central region and …
Read More »Retired midwife, three others busted for stealing, sale of babies
Four persons, including a retired midwife, allegedly involved in the stealing and sale of babies at Atuabo and Half Assin in the Western Region, have been nabbed by the National Investigative Bureau (NIB). An Accra Circuit Court, on Tuesday, remanded the four into the custody of the NIB. The accused …
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