Courts and Crime

Lab Technician Fakes HIV Report
14th December, 2011
A 32 –year-old Laboratory Technician, Prosper Felli, has been remanded into prison custody by an Accra Community Magistrate’s Court, for producing fake HIV report for a 26-year-old unemployed ...
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Vulcaniser Cautioned By Court For Threatening Mother With Death
14th December, 2011
A 45-year-old Vulcanizer and farmer who allegedly assaulted her 69-year old mother and threatened to shorten her life with a cutlass has been ordered by the Koforidua Circuit Court to execute a bond ...
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Robbers Attack Skipper John Mensah\\\'s Family
14th December, 2011
This is the state of Ghana’s skipper, John Mensah’s wife Escalade\\\'s vehicle. The side glass was broken by armed robbers on Sunday dawn at their Trassaco Valley Estate where they pay ...
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Househelp Fakes Pregnancy
14th December, 2011
Ivy Nkrumah, the 20 –year old househelp, who faked a pregnancy, had been remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court. She was remanded by the court presided over by Mrs Georgina ...
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Five Robbers Arrested At Kasoa
10th December, 2011
Five suspected armed robbers, including an ex police officer were yesterday arrested by the police at Akweley, at Kasoa in the Central Region. Another suspect, identified as Baba Sule, was shot ...
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Court Slams GHC 5,000 Cost Against Vodafone
10th December, 2011
The Accra Commercial Court has slapped a GH 5,000 cost against Vodafone Ghana for bringing “unmeritorious” application to stay proceedings in the case in which the government has been sued for ...
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37 Drivers Arrested For Motor Offences
5th December, 2011
Thirty Seven drivers have been arrested and their vehicles impounded at Tema by the Police for committing various traffic offences. About 30 photocopied driving licenses were also seized. This ...
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Ghana Telecom Sale Case: Plaintiffs To Lead Evidence In Court
23rd November, 2011
The six Ghanaians, who sued the government in 2008 over its sale of the 70 per cent shares in Ghana Telecom to Vodafone International, will from December 9 lead evidence, to establish their case at ...
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Court Commences Contempt Proceedings Against First Allied
22nd November, 2011
The State has commenced contempt proceedings against the Managing Director and three other staff of First Allied Savings and Loans Ghana Limited for allegedly refusing to comply with an order to ...
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Twenty-Four Crime Suspects Rounded Up
17th November, 2011
Twenty-four suspected criminals including four ex-convict s were yesterday rounded-up by the Kaneshie Neighbourhood Task Force in Accra. The suspects are said to be harassing traders and stealing ...
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Vehicle Kills 4 Year Old Girl At Nungua
4th November, 2011
A four year old met her death last Monday after a vehicle knocked her down while crossing the road Sankara, Nungua. Police identified her as Bridget Akorli, nursery pupil of Dares Sallam ...
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Court Remands Man For Attempting To Murder Brother
25th October, 2011
The Cape Coast Circuit Court has remanded Kojo David in police custody for allegedly attempting to murder his brother, one Kweku Appiah, from Nyanfeku-Ekroful near Abura Dunkwa. The plea of David ...
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Man Jailed For Bag, Mobile Phone Snatching
20th October, 2011
A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced Kwaku Sintim, 25, to 15 years for robbing Akosua Aboagyewaah and her mother of their bag containing GH¢1,800 and a mobile phone worth GH¢55. Kwaku, who ...
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Man Jailed 15 yrs For Possessing Drugs
19th October, 2011
An Accra High Court has sentenced a 30-year-old Nigerian to 15 years imprisonment for possessing 919 wrappers of cocaine. The convict, Raphael Alabi Adekunle, charged with two counts of ...
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Kaleo Youth Riot Over New District
19th October, 2011
It took the timely intervention of the police to avert what would have been a possible blood bath, following a clash between some irate youth of Kaleo and some drivers who ply the Wa, Jirapa and other ...
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Police Detectives End Workshop On Ammo Handling
16th October, 2011
FIFTY-One police detectives have ended a five-day training workshop in arms and ammunition handling in Accra, with a call on them not to compromise their positions in the discharge of duty. The ...
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2 \'Galamseyers\' Killed By Collapsing Pit
20th September, 2011
Two men prospecting for gold at Manso Offinho Asaman, in the Amansie West District of Ashanti, were killed when the pit they were working in was said to have collapsed on them on Saturday, when the ...
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13 Drivers Arrested For Misuse Of Vehicle Trade Number Plates
20th September, 2011
Thirteen drivers have been arrested by the Motor Traffic Transport Unit (MTTU) for misusing trade license number plates. They were said to have used the cars for occasions such as weddings, ...
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Man Arrested For Posing As A Lady On The Internet
15th September, 2011
For posing as a lady on the internet and possessing photographs of naked ladies for distribution to defraud a 68-year old British national of his money, a 32-year old man is in the grips of the ...
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Robber Sentenced To 40 Years Imprisonment
13th September, 2011
An armed robber has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court, for attacking a couple at gun point together with four others, at the Kejetia traffic light last ...
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