Crime
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Court grants bail to teacher who purportedly sodomized 18 pupils, to undergo psychiatric evaluation
The Tamale circuit court has granted a ¢20,000 bail to a Social Studies teacher of Kulpi Junior High school, Natomah Yamousah Otabel standing trial for sodomy. The 30-year old teacher is standing tri…
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Family in shock as man kills granddaughter, commits suicide on their farm
A 60-year-old man, Opanin Kwaku Dagarti, has allegedly killed his 16-year-old granddaughter and committed suicide. He allegedly committed the act on his farm at Attakrom, a suburb of Nsawkaw in the T…
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Court issues out warrant for the arrest of Menzgold CEO Nam1, two others
A Circuit Court in Adentan has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as Nam1, and two ot…
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U.K. man implicated in Twitter hacking charged in NY with cryptocurrency theft
A U.K. man previously charged in the United States with involvement in the hacking of politicians’ and celebrities’ Twitter accounts was charged on Wednesday over a separate scheme resulting in the t…
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Phone repair nabbed for robbing phone shop and killing owner
The Eastern Regional Police Command has apprehended a 35-year-old man, Elisha Asante, a mobile phone repairer at Ekye Amanfo in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region for alleged…
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Prince Andrew to face U.S. trial in 2022 for sexually abusing woman
A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Britain’s Prince Andrew should be prepared for a civil trial late next year on accusations that he sexually abused a woman when she was under 18 and also being abused b…
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UK court jails man for racially abusing England trio after Euro 2020 final
A man who livestreamed himself on Facebook while racially abusing England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final has been jailed for 10 weeks. Jonathon Best,…
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Francis-Xavier Sosu to face court for his unlawful road blockage charge on Nov. 8
The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, is expected to appear before an Accra court to face charges for unlawful road blockage and destruction of public property. This comes after t…
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Five ‘aboboyaa’ riders arrested alongside Tema motorway
Police have intercepted five Tricycles locally known as ‘Aboboyaa’ operators along the Tema motorway stretch in the Tema metropolis. Under the new by-law, operators of Aboboyaa are not supposed to tr…
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At least 15 killed as blasts, gunfire hit Kabul hospital, official says
At least 15 people were killed and 34 wounded when two explosions followed by gunfire hit Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital in Kabul, a Taliban security official said on Tuesday. The explosions…