CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A Police Officer, identified as General Sergeant Mark Kakah, who allegedly collected ₵361,300 under the pretext of enlisting a lady and 42 others into the Ghana Police Service but failed, has been granted bail. Appearing before an Accra Circuit Court for the second time, General Sergeant Kakah was admitted to …

Police on a manhunt for a suspected robber in Essumeja Robbers engage in a shootout with Police on the Bekwai-Cape Coast highway Robbery suspects died on the spot, Assemblyman Four robbery suspects have been reportedly shot dead on the Bekwai-Cape Coast highway by personnel of the Ghana Police Service. According …

On June 10, 2022, armed robbers raided the premises of a gold ore mining company making away with an unspecified amount of gold. The affected company, GoldStone Resources Limited near Akrokeri in the Ashanti region, has now confirmed the value of the gold the robbers bolted with. They made away …

Police arrest Arise Ghana protestor Arise Ghana group stages demo against economic hardship Day 2 #KromAy3Hye demonstration begins One of the Arise Ghana protestors has been arrested for possessing a sidearm. The protestor was seen in a video being carried away by the police after they conducted a search on …

A 31-year-old man has been detained in southwestern Germany, accused of stabbing several people in a shelter for asylum seekers. One man was killed and at least five people were injured in the knife attack late on Sunday, police said on Monday. The Nigerian man, also a resident at the …

The Accra High Court will rule on the stay of execution application filed by pressure group Arise Ghana on Tuesday, 12 July 2022. The group filed the application on Monday, 27 June 2022 following a ruling by the court stopping it from going ahead with its intended demonstration at night. …

Thief breaks into house of relative Court sentences charcoal thief on his own plea Thief nearly lynched by youth for incessant stealing An unemployed man has been sentenced by a circuit court in Dormaa Ahenkro in the Bono region to two years with hard labour for stealing a pair of …

A 13-year-old girl was on Friday bitten to death by a snake on a cocoa settlement at Dadieso in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. The large cobra, measuring about six feet, bit Juana Jupo Tandor in her sleep at around 0430 hours and she died later at the …

A businessman, Villey Acheampong, has been charged with threat of death at the Circuit Court in Accra. Mr Acheampong has since been remanded by the court presided over by Her Honour Susana Eduful for two weeks after he pleaded not guilty to two charges of “discharging gun in town” and …

A 75-year-old man,  Anso Anthony has been accused of defiling (finger!ng) a 6-year-old girl at Tafo in the Ashanti region. According to the victim, the suspect known as Grand Paa has defiled her three consecutive times. “My mother went out to buy something, I decided to go and sleep, I …