Courts
Nigerian sex trafficker jailed 5 years in Kumasi
Rose Ikem, aged 40, who was convicted of human trafficking and assault, will also compensate four of her victims, whom she lured from Nigeria.
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US
Stephen Jackson Cancels Wedding Over Prenuptial Dispute
While Jackson claimed Showalter refused to sign the prenup despite months of reminders, she argued that he only presented the document two weeks before the wedding.
DL News
Crime
Mason jailed 3 months for stealing iron rods
Etornam Kojo Biekro, who pleaded guilty to one count of stealing, wanted the court to give him time to pay for the cost of iron rods.
theghanaiantimes
Crime
Man 50 impregnates 14-year-old JHS student; victim sacked from school
The authorities of Southlane Lake View School, at Kasoa-Hideout, in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, sacked the victim against policy guidelines of the Ghana Education Service (GES).
theghanaiantimes
Africa
Popular Nigerian cross-dresser, Bobrisky files appeal to challenge six-month sentence
On April 12, 2024, a Federal High Court in Lagos, sentenced Bobrisky to six months' imprisonment without the possibility of a fine for his involvement in currency abuse.
DL News
Courts
Cleaner jailed 13 months for stealing mobile phones
The prosecution said the accused went into the residence of the complainant and made away with two mobile phones and a power bank and bolted.
Ghanaian Times
Crime
2 fake ECG workers fined GH¢2,400 for extorting money from customers
The court imposed a fine of GH¢1,200 each on Nana Adu Gyamfi, 33, and Derrick Ntow Adumah, 22, and in default served six months in prison.
theghanaiantimes
Africa
Bobrisky: Nigerian celebrity arrested for abuse of naira
Bobrisky, whose real name is Idris Okuneye, allegedly abused and mutilated banknotes during a film premiere in Lagos, the authorities told the BBC.
BBC
General
Attorney-General directs Ghana Police to halt impounding vehicles for minor traffic offences
In a February 9, 2024 letter to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame said a careful examination of L.I. 2180 will disclose that the violations, for which police officers regularly impound vehicles, are...
DL News
Courts
Driver jailed 60 months for stealing employer’s vehicle
Sakyi, aka, Mosquito, was sentenced after the court found him guilty on the charge of stealing after trial.
GNA
Europe
UK: Solicitor suspended for drunken behaviour at Christmas party
The tribunal said a fine would not meet the seriousness of the misconduct and that the public was entitled to expect that solicitors would not make inappropriate, unwanted and sexually motived advances on another.
Law Society Gazette
Tech
TikTok: US House panel approves bill that could ban or force sale of app
The measure, introduced by another House of Representatives committee and backed by the White House, cites national security concerns.
BBC
Courts
Four executive members of Western Togoland Restoration Front jailed 17 years
The accused persons, including police and military officers, were jailed after they had gone through full trial on the charges of being members of a prohibited organization, summoning meetings of the prohibited organisation, attending meeti...
GNA
Africa
Liberia: US$150K allegedly misappropriated by prosecutors
This accusation has come months following the conviction of former Chief Justice Gloria Musu Scott and several of her family members for the murder of her niece, Charloe Musu.
The Liberian Observer
Europe
UK: Solicitor jailed for stealing £84,000 from elderly clients
Alison Haley Griffiths, 55, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by abuse of position and was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court to 24 months’ imprisonment.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
US fugitive wanted for murder escapes custody in Kenya
Kelvin Kangethe, 41, was arrested last week while leaving a club in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after a months-long manhunt by Kenyan and US authorities.
BBC
Courts
Dispatch rider gets 6 months for stealing motorcycle
Godwin Abayateye, aka “Capon,” who was charged with stealing, pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea by the court presided over by Mrs Susana Eduful.
GNA
US
US: Man who attacked Nevada judge is sentenced by that same judge to prison for separate incident
Deobra Redden, 30, was sentenced to 19 months to four years in prison for a charge of attempted battery with substantial bodily harm. His hands, mouth and face were covered during his court appearance Monday.
CNN
Courts
Farmer jailed and fined over visa fraud
Dominic Ampea is to pay a fine of GHC3,600 in default serve 18 months imprisonment.
GNA
Crime
Ken Attafuah's nephew jailed for misconduct in Ghana card registration process
Essien, a nephew of the Executive Secretary of the NIA, Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah has been handed over to the Tamale Prisons Authority to serve his sentence
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