Crime
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Police remand hit and run driver who reported himself
The alleged hit and run driver who knocked down a pedestrian to death at Suhum Amanase in the Eastern Region has been remanded by Suhum circuit Court in the Eastern Region. The suspect driver John Am…
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Man jailed five in hard labour for for stealing Zoomlion vehicle
Abdul Wahab Bashiru has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour by a Ho Circuit Court for stealing a vehicle belonging to Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The 25-year-old unemployed pleaded g…
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14-year-old boy to be tried as an adult for stabbing girl 114 times
A 14-year-old boy will be tried as an adult for stabbing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey 114 times earlier this month in Florida, officials announced. Aiden Fucci was initially charged with second-degree …
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Desperate lover kills 50-year-old cousin for refusing to marry him
A 35-year-old man has been arrested by the Sawla District Police Command for allegedly killing his 50-year-old cousin, Janet Ansaaku for refusing to marry him. The incident happened at Uro-Mekaa near…
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Court remands 5 police officers for robbing student at East Legon
An Accra circuit court presided over by Rosemond Baah Torsu has remanded five police officers who are alleged to have extorted an amount of GH¢20,000 from a student at East Legon to police custody. T…
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50-year-old ‘alhaji’ impregnates 15-year-old girl after multiple successful rape in a mosque
A 15-year-old schoolgirl in the Accra Central District of the Greater Accra Region has allegedly been defiled and impregnated by a Muslim in a mosque near them. Narrating the incident on Angel FM’s A…
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Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months for illegal assembly
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was given a new prison sentence of 14 months on Friday over his role in an unauthorised assembly on Oct. 1, 2019, during one of the city’s p…
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One Nigerian, 5 Thais arrested in Bangkok over alleged #2bn romance scam
A Nigerian man identified as Ezeneche Uzochukwu and five Thais has been arrested in Bangkok for a N2 billion romance scam. A police search of seven locations in Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan, Phuket and Path…
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Brazilian police capture Italian drug lord after years of hide-and-seek
Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday arrested Rocco Morabito, a fugitive Italian drug lord with ties to the powerful ‘Ndrangheta criminal gang, underlining the growing importance of Brazil in the Europe…
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Northern Regional Police nab two in possession of heavily loaded AK-47, pump action, others
Two persons are in the grips of the Northern Regional Police Command for allegedly possessing firearms without authority in Tamale. At a media briefing in Tamale, Deputy Northern Regional Police Comm…