The Ghanaian Times | Courts and Crime

Asiedu Nketia Teaches Electoral Procedures

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu-Nketsia yesterday mounted the witness box at the Supreme Court to testify in the petition challenging the declaration of President John Mahama winner of the 2012 presidential election. He is representing the first and third respondents and holding the Power of Attorney for the first respondent, President Mahama. Led in evidence by his counsel, Tastsu Tsikata, Witness dilated on the electoral processes and ... Read More

Self-Styled Pastor Arrested For Fraud

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A 48-year-old Nigerian who claims to be a pastor has been arrested by the police for allegedly duping a lady of GH¢7,600. David Sunday was said to have conspired with his accomplices who are on the run to commit the act. Narrating the incident the Adenta District Police Commander Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP Stephen Kofi Ahiatafu sent the victim when Sunday?s accomplice met one Patrick who pleaded with the victim to give him lorry fare with the explanation that he had no money on ... Read More

Three Arrested For Gang Rape, Robbery

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Three young men who gang raped teenage siblings whilst on a robbery expedition at Adenta, near Accra have been nabbed by the police. The victims are aged between 15 and 17 years. The suspects, Techie Collins, 24, an electrician, Darlington Tamakloe 45, a plumber and Emmanuel Kwesi Adu, 31, a mechanic are currently in the custody of Adenta Police assisting with investigations. The Adenta District Police Commander Deputy Superintendent of Police Stephen Kofi Ahiatatu said at about 2:00 a.m. ... Read More

B/A Regional Police Command Search For Two Suspected Armed Robbers

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Command is searching for two suspected armed robbers who allegedly attacked and robbed the manager of DAD Micro Finance Company in Sunyani. The robbers attacked the manager, Mr Mark Augustine, at gun point and robbed him of his vehicle, mobile phone and some documents at Berlin-Top, a suburb of Sunyani. Briefing the media in Sunyani on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Robert Ayalingo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Commander, said the victim was ... Read More

Court Orders Man 36 To Be Examined At Psychiatric Hospital

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A Berekum Circuit Court has ordered the police to send a 36-year-old man to a psychiatric hospital for medical examination. Shadrack Kusi is alleged to have killed a 60-year-old woman, Madam Akua Fosuah, with a cutlass at Kota near Berekum. His plea was not taken. Chief Superintendent of Police, Peter Baba, Brong-Ahafo Regional Crime Officer told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani that Kusi and the complainant Madam Patricia Gyabaah stayed in the same area at Kota. He said on ... Read More

Four Grabbed For Kidnapping

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Engineer Regiment, Christopher Quainoo, 27, and Isaac Larbi, 25, both unemployed. The suspects allegedly kidnapped an official of the Global Access Bank, at Lapaz, in Accra, and also extorted unspecified amounts of money from the bank?s customers. The team operates by placing Isaac Larbi at the bank to spy on customer activities, and relaying the message to them. They then position themselves at vantage points, confront their victims, and rob them of their monies. The Tesano ... Read More

Judicial Service Migrates To E-Justice System

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A transition plan from the current mode of operation to a proposed e-Justice system within the Judicial Service has progressed steadily. Under the Electronic Case Management System (e-CMS) with funding from the World Bank, it is to assist the Judicial Service to overhaul its existing court automation programme, ultimately improve to the effectiveness and efficiency of justice delivery system through the use of Information Communication and Technology (ICT). Mr Robert Cudjoe, Director of ... Read More

Car Jacker 27 Arrested By Police

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A 27-year-old man who whisked away a Land Rover Freelander from its owner in a mysterious circumstance on Saturday has been arrested by the police. The suspect, Michael Kwabena Rockson, stole the car from its owner, (name withheld) when he alighted to talk to his friend a few metres away from where the car was parked at Spintex in Accra. The Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, who disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times yesterday ... Read More

Soldier Arrested For Slapping Traffic Warden

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Madina Divisional Police Command for allegedly slapping a member of the Community Police Unit (CPU), who was directing traffic. Superintendent Joseph Owusu-Bempah, District Police Commander, said Adabla Vanesa who was directing traffic at Ritz Junction in Accra ordered Sergeant Fredrick Afari of the Recce Regiment in Accra to stop to allow vehicles from the opposite direction to move. When she signalled the soldier to move, he was still stationary compelling her to get closer to the car ... Read More

Farmer Arrested For Defilement

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A 55-year-old farmer who allegedly defiled a 15-year-old Junior High School (SHS) student has been arrested by the Police at Otiwiwa near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The suspect, Kwa-dwo Ansah was said to have had sexual intercourse with the victim on five different occasions. The Nsawam District Police Commander, Superintendent Akwasi Kan-kam-Boadu told The Ghanaian Times that both the victim and the suspect lived in the same area. He said about a month ago, the accused proposed ... Read More

Wa Police Investigates Shooting

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

HE police at Wa are investigating a case in which a 12-year-old Sadat Mohammed is alleged to have shot his colleague, Hafiz Yahya at Bomiyiri, a suburb of Wa. The incident occurred on Monday, in the bedroom of the suspect?s father who has been bedridden for several years. The victim, also aged 12 years, was rushed to the Wa Hospital for doctors to remove the pellet in his right shoulder. According to the Upper West Criminal Investigations Department Officer, DSP Daniel Kwantwi, both ... Read More

Police Arrest Chinese Armed Robber

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A 42-year-old Chinese, Chen Shicai is in the custody of the Ashaiman Police for snatching a taxi from one Mr Yaw Koduah. Briefing the Ghana News Agency on the incident in Tema on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Maxwell Atingane, Tema Regional Police Commander said Mr Koduah was driving the taxi from Tema to Accra at at about 0100 hours when Shicai stopped him at Community ?9? Roundabout. DCOP Atingane said Shicai pulled out a short cutlass from his jacket and threatened to ... Read More

Police Arrest Three Over Babyâ€™s Death

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Tamale police have arrested three people for their involvement in the death of a seven- month-old baby dur-ing a scuffle among them. Rukayah Ibrahim, Abdul Razak Ibrahim and Latifah Ibrahim are currently assisting the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the police in their investigations after they had buried the baby boy. According to the Northern Regional Co-ordinator of DOVVSU, ASP Emma-nuel Hollatsu, investigations are on-going to unravel the circumstances ... Read More

8 Landguards Arrested

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Eight landguards were on Wednesday arrested by the police for allegedly torrorising residents of Abusaafise near Ashalaja in the Ga South district of the Greater Accra region. The suspects are Frank Alvanu 35,Akwabu Sadiq,39,Bawa Issaka 57,Ibrahim Bella,56,Yahusha Abdul Rahaman ,30,Karim Ismaila,33,Alhassa Abdul Latif,35 and Isaac Bampoe 36. They were alleged to have been firing guns discriminatory in the area and destroyed property for the past four years over land disputes. The Accra ... Read More

Seized Mercury Missing From Customs' Strong Rooms

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Bureau for Internal Affairs (BIA), has called on the government to investigate how 15 consignments of mercury seized from some Chinese nationals went missing at the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The product smuggled into the country was impounded by personnel of the Customs Division in Takoradi in 2010 with each consignment weighing 12 kilogrammes. Mr Godfred Nkrumah, Coordinating Director of the Bureau, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Accra on ... Read More

Otumfuo Jewel Thieves Imprisoned

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The two Peruvians who stole the crown jewels of the Asantehene,Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, have been sentenced to a total of 44 months imprisonment by a Oslo District Court. The convicts, Luis Angel Acosta Barrios, 44, the man seen on CCTV carrying the suitcase which contained the gold ornaments, and Jaime Benigno Valverde Figueroa, 41, the driver during the operation, were found guilty of conspiracy to commit crime and stealing. While Barrios will serve one year six months, Figueroa will spend ... Read More

Ablekuma Murderer Nabbed After 15 Years On The Run

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

AFTER 15 years on the run, Kwesi Appiah Buahene has finally been nabbed for his involvement in the murder of murdering two police constables at Ablekuma, near Accra. Buahene, also known as Akututse, 51, was arrested last Sunday at his hideout at Senkyem, near Assin Fosu in the Central Region where he was teaching at a public basic school. The suspect, according to the police, also posed as a promoter and public relations officer of a Kumasi based radio station. He is currently in police ... Read More

Asian Killed By Robbers

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Two young men on a motorbike on Wednesday robbed and shot a foreign national believed to be from an Asian country at Tesano in Accra. The Police named the victim only as Barn, 40 and suspected he was killed during armed robbery. This is because the victim?s hand bag which contained unspecified amount of money and other valuables were taken away by the assailants. According to the police, the victim might have been trailed for sometime before the attack. An eyewitness who spoke to ... Read More

13 People Arrested For Possessing Forged Diploma Certificates

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Thirteen people including four women have been sentenced by a Circuit Court in Sunyani to a total fine of GH¢7,800 for possessing forged Diploma Certificates from the University of Cape Coast. The convicts pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing fake documents and forging of official document and were asked to pay a fine of GH¢ 6,000 each or in default serve two years imprisonment In hard labour. They were Okai Boampong Kwadwo, 61,retired teacher, Joseph ... Read More

State Attorneys To Be Trained To Properly Investigate Narcotic Cases

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Mr Gene A. Cretz, United States Ambassador to Ghana, on Thursday paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Justice and Attorney General as way of enhancing close collaboration between the ministry and the embassy. Discussions were held behind close doors to deliberate on pertinent issues faced by the ministry and how best the US Embassy could be of assistance. Mr Gene Cretz said the visit, among other things, was to collaborate with the ministry to train attorneys to properly investigate ... Read More

Chief In Court For Forging A â€˜Colonialâ€™ Document

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Nana Anku Dododja Didieye III, an Odikro of Abomasarefo, a village in the Eastern Region, is before a Koforidua High Court with the charge of forging a ?colonial? document. The said colonial document, titled ?Report on Enquiry into Akwamus and Kwahus Land Dispute, 1845? was said to have been forged by the accused person and that it was not in the National Archives since 1845 as was being indicated. After some investigations, witnesses are being brought on board by the state prosecutor, ... Read More

Road Crashes Claim 676 Lives In Central Region

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

A total of 676 people were killed in 3,663 accident cases recorded in the Central Region from 2010 to 2012 whilst 3,901 others got injured during the same period. More than forty lives have also been lost during the first quarter of 2013 as compared to 18 during the same period last year. The alarming situation has compelled some road safety stakeholders in the Region to suggest among others that speed cameras be installed on major highways to monitor the activities of drivers. At a ... Read More

State Ordered To Pay Entitlements To Former Auditor General

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

An Accra Fast Track Court on Monday ordered the State to pay to Mr. Edward Dua Agyeman, former Auditor General, entitlements due him. These include gratuity and pension, in accordance with recommendations of the report on a review of facilities and privileges under Article 71 of the 1992 Constitution. According to the court, the state was to pay a monthly pension equivalent to his salary as adjusted from time-to-time in accordance with the salary of the Auditor General at post or that of ... Read More

AFAG Can't Demonstrate Today - Court

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

An Accra circuit court yesterday issued an injunction restraining the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) from embarking on an intended demonstration today. The court presided over by Mrs. Patience Mills-Tetteh described the demonstration as a breach of the Public Order Act 495 hence the order to stop members of AFAG from embarking on the demonstration until further notice. A statement issued and signed by DSP Freeman Tettey, the Public Affairs Officer of the Greater Accra Region ... Read More

Arrest, Prosecute Illegal Immigrants - Minister

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

THE Minister of Interior, Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi, has directed the security agencies to arrest and prosecute all illegal immigrants in the country. He noted that most of the immigrants who entered the country with fake documentation engaged in activities that are in breach of the laws. He further tasked the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to be vigilant at all the entry points to curb the practice saying Ghana should not be a country where people can just enter without valid documents. The ... Read More