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NDC protesters who set EC office on fire released on bail
The Osino District Court in the Fanteakwa South District, Eastern Region, has released 15 members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on bail in...
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2 convicts in kumasi sentenced to 10 years for defrauding Kumasi businessman of GHS1.7m
Two individuals who swindled a Kumasi businessman out of GH¢1,700,000 have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each in absentia by an Adentan...
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Jailed mistakenly for 15 years: Ghanaian shares sad story
A former accounts clerk (bursar) of a school in Accra, Charles Twumasi, who was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old...
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Court awards 3 robbers 60-year jail term
Three armed robbers convicted for a November 2022 attack on a vehicle owned by Accurate Giant Company in Tewobabi, Adansi Asokwa district of Ashanti,...
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Hunter jailed 3 years, fined GHC600 for killing colleague he mistook for a rat
The case involving a hunter mistaking his fellow hunter for prey at Timtimhwe, a community along the Tarkwa-Bogoso Highway in the Western Region, has...
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Chinese Nsawan prisoner breaks jail during a medical review
Ghana Prisons Service has broken its silence regarding the reported escape of a Chinese national who was serving a one-year jail term for theft...
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15-year jail term awarded to driver for defiling minor in church
A 27-year-old driver was given a 15-year prison term for having sex with a 14-year-old girl in a church at Sowutuom.Enoch Mensah entered a...
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Illegal miner to face 20-year jail term for pouring acid on lover
A 62-year-old illegal miner is facing legal consequences for a heinous crime, as he poured a liquid suspected to be acid on his former...
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Conditions in Zimbabwe’s overcrowded jails are “fit for pigs” – Inmates claim
Parere Kunyenzura spent 187 days in a prison cell last year in Harare's central business district for organizing what the police deemed an illegal...
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Court sentences Coconut seller 10 years in jail for defilement at Twifo Praso
A 32-year-old coconut seller has been sentenced to a 10 year jail term by a Cape Coast Circuit Court for sleeping with a minor.Emmanuel...