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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...
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55-year-old defiles 15-year-old; slapped with 10 year jail term
55-year-old John Ato Whyte, a Sawmill machine operator has been slapped with a ten year jail sentence for defiling a 15-year-old girl. He was sentenced...
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Scrap dealer slapped with 10-year jail sentence for stealing car gearbox
A scrap dealer will spend the next ten years in jail as he has been sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing car...
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