Crime
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40-year-old farmer bags 11 years behind bars for defiling 12-year-old
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 40- year old farmer to 11 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 12-year-old girl. The accused, Kojo Egyir, pleaded not guilty to the charge of de…
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Bishop Obinim yet to meet 100k Cedis bail condition
Founder and leader of the International Gods Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim continues his time with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for failing his bail conditions. Head of Public Affa…
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Husband murders wife over rice porridge in Eastern Region
Residents of Ohia-Tokrom in the Eastern region have been thrown into a state of shock after a 38-year-old woman was murdered by her husband for allegedly preparing a different meal from what he expec…
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Okada rider bags 8 years behind bar for sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl
A magistrate court at Tepa in the Ashanti Region has sentenced a commercial motorcyclist to eight years in jail for abducting a 14-year-old girl and repeatedly assaulting her sexually. Samson Martey,…
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20-year-old student bags 12 months behind bars for stealing Nokia phone
The Assin Fosu District Court has handed a 12-month jail term to a 22-year-old student for stealing a Nokia phone and GHC 140.00. James Nkyi pleaded guilty to the three counts of unlawful entry, stea…
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Furious police officer fires shots after girlfriend cheated on him
The Kwesimintsim Police Command in the Western Region has arrested Sergeant Nuhu Mohammed for shooting sporadically at the residence of his girlfriend at Lagos town, a suburb in the Effia-Kwesimintsi…
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Police nab 3 marijuana gurus for processing Indian Hemp in Volta Region
The Drugs Law Enforcement Unit of the Volta Regional Police Command has arrested a gang of three for processing Indian Hemp into slabs in a dawn swoop at Ve-Koloenu in the Afadzato South District of …
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Land Guards shoot two after an attempt break-in at Central Region
Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after suspected Land Guards attacked them at Gomoa Tuansah near Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region. According to an eyewitness Kwame Mensah a brother of the…
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Arm robbers attacks bullion van, carts away ¢600k
Armed robbers on Friday evening attacked and robbed at gunpoint a bullion van carrying an unspecified amount of money from Techiman to Sunyani. Whereas it has been reported that the police are yet to…
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Court remands man after escaping court for 2 years
The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Mrs Afia Owusua Appiah, has remanded into police custody one Mohammed Buzu, who has been absent from court for two years for possessing firearms…