Courts and Crime
4th March, 2013
Five mourners including Reverend Father Kofi Yeboah of the Abura Dunkwa Catholic Church were burnt to death when a pick-up in which they were travelling from Enyan Aboyerem, caught fire after ...
4th March, 2013
Eleven passengers lost their lives at Gomoa Simbrofo, near Apam in the Central Region when their vehicles crashed head-on.
The vehicles, a Hyudai Grace with registration number CR 885-11 was ...
4th March, 2013
A businesswoman in the Tamale Metropolis has dragged the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Karaga, Mr. Sulemana Huseini Issah, to the Tamale Commercial Court for defrauding her of ...
1st March, 2013
Mr Linux Vanlare Doosoo, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, on Thursday testified at the on-going trial of Alfred Woyome the businessman at the centre of a GH¢51.2 million judgment ...
28th February, 2013
Some suspected armed robbers last Wednesday opened fire on Kasoa Police patrol team after being spotted at a drinking spot at Gomoa Buduburam, sharing their booty.
The armed robbers took to their ...
28th February, 2013
The parliamentary candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) who allegedly swindled a Member of Parliament of GH¢180,000 under the pretext of selling to him an abandoned filling station ...
28th February, 2013
THE leader of the Tema Fishing Harbour Police Station jailbreak last Saturday, has been captured by the police while escaping from Accra, after a visit to a spiritualist.
Eliasu Mohammed, 20, was ...
26th February, 2013
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a trader, Thomas Wiafe, 27, to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour for posing as a military officer and defrauding a cecurityman of GH¢1,300.
He pleaded ...
25th February, 2013
Two soldiers have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for robbing two Nigerians of their monies valued at GH¢3,300 cedis.
Peter Omari Ansong and Alowor Yaw Mark have been charged with conspiracy ...
25th February, 2013
The parliamentary candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) who allegedly swindled a Member of Parliament of GH¢180,000 under the pretext of selling to him an abandoned filling station ...
22nd February, 2013
The police have arrested two suspects suspected murderers who allegedly shot and killed a fisherman at Dzidzokope near Atimpoku in the Eastern Region last month.
The suspects; Mensah Dzekeh, 43; a ...
22nd February, 2013
A twenty-three- year-old barber, who bit off a sizeable chunk of a co-tenant's ear during a fight, has been remanded into prison custody by the Juaso Circuit court.
Kwadwo Oppong is facing the ...
22nd February, 2013
Twent- Nine drivers were arrested and their vehicles impounded on Tuesday during a road check mounted by the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) and Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) ...
22nd February, 2013
Two ex-convicts who allegedly robbed a driver of his Taxi Cab at Adenta have been arrested by the Police in Accra.
The suspects, Prince Owusu Ansah 24 and Gideon Fianko, 23, were said to have ...
22nd February, 2013
A 26-year-old Nigerian has been arrested by the police for allegedly murdering an attendant of an Internet Café at Fadama in Accra.
The suspect, Yahaya Awudu was said to have attacked Joseph ...
21st February, 2013
Defence counsel for Deeba Acheampong, a musician facing extradition to the United Kingdom over alleged defilement and assault of his two step daughters, turned up in court on Tuesday.
Mr. Augustine ...
19th February, 2013
A woman and her two-year-old-baby girl sustained severe burns after a tanker filled with gas exploded at Adansi Fumso, near Obuasi in the Adansi District of Ashanti Region, yesterday.
The victims ...
19th February, 2013
A 40-year-old businessman who portrayed himself as a policeman and duped two women and a hotel of GH¢1,300 had been arrested by the Police at Amasaman in Accra.
The suspect, Abu Adams, a resident ...
14th February, 2013
A travel agent has been re- manded in police custody by an Accra circuit court for defrauding a student, William Nti, of an amount of GH¢7,000.00 under the pretext of securing him an American ...
14th February, 2013
Yaw Boakye, a 23-year-old chainsaw operator, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by a Sunyani circuit court, for defiling an eight-year-old class one pupil of Chiraa Presbyterian Primary ...