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78-year-old ex-soldier jailed 12 years for defilement
It was the Gender-Based Violence Circuit Court at Nungua, presided over Dora G A Inkumsah Eshun, which found him guilty and sentenced him on November 28, 2023.
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It was the Gender-Based Violence Circuit Court at Nungua, presided over Dora G A Inkumsah Eshun, which found him guilty and sentenced him on November 28, 2023.
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US
The lawsuits were filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, which lets adult victims sue over attacks that occurred decades ago - a law which expires after Thanksgiving on Thursday and has seen more than 2,500 actions so far
Sky News

US
Brian Jeffrey Raymond pleaded guilty to four of 25 criminal counts including sexual abuse, coercion and transportation of obscene material.
Sky News

Tech
The countries were either involved in "gross violations" of human rights or not making progress towards democratic rule, the president said.
BBC

Africa
Dr Olufemi Olaleye sexually assaulted the girl for more than a year until his wife found out and informed the police, the prosecutor said.
BBC

General
The lawyer is reported to have died in the early hours of today, October 20, after a short illness.
DL News

US
The controversial measure likely will draw legal challenges, as U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court precedents have barred death sentences for rapists.
CBS News

Africa
Uganda last hanged a convict in 1999 and in 2005 formally scrapped the death penalty. But the anti-homosexuality law reintroduced the death penalty for the offense of aggravated homosexuality
VOA Africa

Courts
Kwame Krampah, aka Awana, is said to have tied the deceased’s neck from behind with a blue nylon rope and strangled her after
GNA

Europe
The former Met officer, 44, from Newmarket in Suffolk, was jailed for 16 years with a further eight on extended licence for two counts of rape against Lauren, as well as six counts of raping a female police officer between 2003 and 2005.
BBC

Others
Barbie may have broken the $1bn box office mark worldwide, but its content has caused a backlash in some countries
Sky News

Europe
A man who raped a teenager five months before she was murdered by her brother has been jailed for 10 years and six months.
Sky News

Europe
Darryl Foster had signed up to Sugar Daddy Meet and started talking to the account of a girl who he initially thought was 18, the court heard.
Law Society Gazette

Courts
The court acquitted Narh on the charge of the threat of harm while noting that the prosecution was able to prove the offence of bigamy.
GNA

General
When finally passed, the ICC Bill will enable Ghana’s courts to try offenses recognized under the Rome Statute while the ICC also prosecutes cases where Ghana courts are unable.
DL News

Africa
The policewoman, who cannot be identified, was arrested last week and remains remanded in custody after appearing before a court.
AllAfrica

Africa
Caroline Peters wants a section of the Criminal Procedure Act declared unconstitutional and invalid
AllAfrica

Crime
The body of Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in a septic tank at a hotel in central Kenya in 2012, nearly three months after she had spent an evening partying with soldiers.
BBC

Courts
Philip Jumpa, who is being held for defiling an 11-year-old pupil, has denied the charge of defilement.
GNA

General
This decision is an interim measure that the GLC as an administrative body assisting it to make a determination of the complaint. In this regard, it is incorrect for one to suggest that has concluded or determined the Petition in favor of t...
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