Courts/Crime
Cobbler Fined GH˘650
Thursday July 15, 2010
An Accra magistrate court presided over by Mr. Ali Baba Abature has fined a cobbler, Samuel Opoku an amount of GH˘650.00 or in default eighteen months imprisonment with hard labour for conspiracy and fraud by false pretences.
The accused, Samuel Opoku and one Naana currently at large, all at Kasoa, on June 28, this year, at about 4.30pm...read more
'Papa Soldier' In Court
Wednesday July 07, 2010
A 55-year-old ex-soldier, Francis Dankor Hayford alias “Papa Soldier” has been arraigned before the Takoradi Circuit Court ‘A’ for allegedly defiling a junior high school pupil at Assokor Essaman near Shama in the Western Region. Hayford pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement. Prosecuting, police chief inspector Alice Parker Wilson...read more
Alleged 419 man netted
Saturday June 26, 2010
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian who claimed to be an investor and allegedly attempted to use the office of the Vice President to facilitate his fraudulent activities commonly called ‘419’, is in the grips of the police. Dr Wilson Ojomu who managed to pay a courtesy call on the Vice President, Mr. John Mahama and said he was an investor...read more
Pastor Remanded For Raping A Married Woman
Saturday May 22, 2010
A pastor who allegedly used the recorded confessions of a married woman on his mobile phone to have sex with her three times in his room has been remanded in prison custody. He pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court and will reappear again on June 26. Presenting the facts of the case to the court presided over by Mr. Ali Baba...read more
Chief's Daughter In Tripple Agony
Thursday April 01, 2010
RESIDENTS of Wam, near Kasapin in the Asunafo Municipal District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, were on Friday March 19 shocked to the marrow as they woke up to the news that the mentally-challenged princess of Wam had been raped.
What is more, Afia Sophia, 23, daughter of the chief of Wam, Nana Twumasi, was allegedly raped in the bush by a...read more
Cobbler Grabbed In Abortion Scandal
Saturday February 27, 2010
THE Ashanti Regional branch of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a 20-year-old cobbler, Hansen Appiah Kwabena, from Kokoben Barekese, for conniving with his teenage girlfriend to use an overdose of Cytotec, a drug used to induce labour in women, to abort their five-month old...read more
Driver Beats Cop And Soldier
Saturday February 27, 2010
A driver is alleged to have displayed rare boxing and head-butting skills when he encountered a female police officer and a military-man who were performing their official duties at Suhum Round-About in the Eastern Region.
This is the second time in four weeks that a driver has allegedly beaten law-enforcement personnel in the Eastern Region....read more
Homosexuality In Prisons
Saturday February 06, 2010
An inmate of the Koforidua Prisons has disclosed that some of them engage in homosexuality because of acute hunger. “We are forced by hunger to practice this nasty act because those of us who are always hungry have to succumb to the advances of the better off inmates in order to survive. The inmate’s revelation was in response...read more
Fake Gold Sold To Businessmen For GH¢60,000
Saturday February 06, 2010
A 53-year-old businessman, Jacob Kwesi Kumi, is in the grips of the law for selling fake gold to two businessmen to the tune of GH¢60,000 (¢600,000,000). Kumi and two accomplices, now at large, allegedly approached the businessmen, Peter Pius and Alfred Arthur, and promised to offer them “pure” gold to buy. Pius and...read more
Woman Jailed For Trafficking
Saturday January 23, 2010
An Agona Swedru circuit court has jailed a 40- year-old woman from Winneba three years for trafficking two children from the town to Yeji for fishing in the Volta Lake. Comfort Sam pleaded guilty. The husband, Mr Kofi Sammy, who was alleged to be part of a syndicate for the trafficking of the children, is also awaiting trial. Prosecuting...read more
