Crime
Man jailed 25 years for defiling 14-year-old girl
Avotre, 20, pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement and was convicted on his own plea.
GNA
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Courts
High Court’s full ruling on NAM 1's submission of No Case
The court, presided over by Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa JA held that it was convinced that a prima facie case had been made against the accused persons.
DL News
Courts
Businessman in court over stolen car
The Court presided over by Madam Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit ordered that two of the sureties must be public servants earning not less than GHC5,000.00 whilst title deeds must justify the other surety.
GNA
Crime
Four robbers sentenced to 16 years in prison
The court, presided over by Ms. Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway, sentenced them after a full trial on two counts of conspiracy to commit crime and robbery.
GNA
Courts
Careless driving kills two, court fines driver Gh₵1,200
Awuni pleaded with the presiding judge, Mrs. Klorlor Okai Mills, for leniency and would serve nine months imprisonment if he defaulted on honouring the fine.
GNA
Courts
Cecilia Dapaah’s husband testifies in alleged $1m theft case
Daniel Osei Kuffuor, an architect, told the court that he was surprised to know that Sarah Agyei, one of the maids, and accused, conspired together with others to steal their (complainants) money.
theghanaiantimes
Europe
Signa Creditors Back Restructuring Plans Dangling 30% Payout
Lenders, which include banks, insurers and sovereign wealth funds, backed the proposals for Signa Prime Selection, the flagship luxury unit, and its smaller sister Signa Development Selection at meetings in Vienna on Monday.
Bloomberg Business
Courts
Escapee Chinese bribed prison officers with KFC, GH¢1,000
Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu, who had taken Wang Xiao to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for a dental appointment, chose to escort him to a hotel in Korle Gonno to meet his supposed wife instead of taking him back into priso...
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Courts
‘Forgive them; they know not the power of love’ – Court appeals to 80-year-old Prof Dominic Fobih
“We can only ask the 1st Respondent to forgive his son and nephew, for they know not the power of love,” the court said in part.
Richard Osei Boateng
Others
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36
The incident, one of Japan's deadliest in recent decades, killed mostly young artists and shocked the anime world.
BBC
Europe
First Cardinal prosecuted in Vatican’s Criminal Court convicted of embezzlement
Highest-ranking church official ever to stand trial before Vatican criminal court sentenced to five years and six months in jail
The Guardian
Europe
Italy mafia trial: 200 sentenced to 2,200 years for mob links
The three-year trial saw individuals, including a former Italian senator sentenced for alleged links to the 'Ndrangheta, one of Europe's most influential criminal organisations.
BBC
Others
Former Thailand Prime Minister jailed after return from exile
Thailand's former PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been jailed upon returning to the country after 15 years in exile. But many believe he has struck a deal that will keep him from serving more than a short period in prison.
BBC
US
George Santos: US Congressman charged with fraud, money laundering
Prosecutors claim he used election campaign donations to buy designer clothes, lied about being a millionaire, and collected unemployment benefits.
Sky News
Business
Existing Cybersecurity service providers have 6 months to apply for a licence – CSA
The implementation of the licensing and accreditation of Cybersecurity Service Providers and other players is in line with sections 4(k), 49, 50, 51, 57, and 59 of the CyberSecurity Act, 2020
DL News
Courts
NDA procurement scandal: Trial to fully start from April 4
The four are said to have circumvented the procurement process in the award to A&QS Consortium Limited under the implementation of the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).
DL News
Supreme Court News
Case on child streetism: Child Rights, AG given 14 days to file legal arguments, responses
The CRI led by its Executive Director, Bright Appiah, and the Attorney General’s Office represented by Grace Oppong, a Principal State Attorney have already filed their agreed Joint Memorandum of Issues
DL News
Europe
Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape
The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place.
BBC
Courts
Chairman Wontumi cites A-Plus for contempt
Last week, the High Court in Tema delivered its ruling in a contempt suit filed by Chairman Wontumi against UTV, Fadda Dickson, Felicity Ama Agyeman known as Nana Ama Macbrown, and three others.
Courts
Duplicate docket on murdered ‘vacationing Canadian’ forwarded to AG for advice
The deceased, Frank Osei was murdered in July after visiting his girlfriend, Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student at the University of Ghana Legon.
GNA