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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.
BBC13 January 2023
Courts
Plumber freed after five years wrongful imprisonment
Emmanuel Darko, on October 17, 2017, was found guilty by the Accra Circuit Court 1 alongside trader Kwame Konadu and Abdulai Rashid for conspiracy to rob and five counts of robbery
Ghanaian Times6 December 2022
Africa
Nnamdi Kanu: Nigeria court ends trial against IPOB separatist leader, orders his release
The Court of Appeal ordered Mr Kanu's release from the custody of the State Security Service (SSS), where the IPOB is being held since he was brought back to Nigeria.
Premium Times Nig14 October 2022
Courts
Ownership of disputed Abeka-Lapaz House: Court saves 86-year-old dad, ejects daughter
"It is hereby ordered that the defendant vacates the portion of the property she is occupying and give the plaintiffs vacant possession forthwith. We have considered the ages of the plaintiffs in determining the period they have to wait to...
DL News16 September 2022
Supreme Court News
Breach of promise to marry: Supreme Court grants woman properties of her toil
"As the facts of this case show, there is sufficient evidence on record that the plaintiff, on a balance of probabilities, proved her claim against the defendant. He had led her to believe they were on the verge of getting married and that...
DL News18 July 2022
Courts
Opuni’s Criminal trial: High Court dismisses motion for stay of proceedings
Dr. Opuni and Agongo, the CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited, are on trial for allegedly engaging in illegalities in a series of fertilizer transactions which the Attorney-General (A-G) says caused a financial loss of GH¢271.3 million to the sta...
DL News23 June 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court denies Ato Essien special leave to appeal Court of Appeal ruling
State Prosecutors have accused the founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
DL News22 June 2022
Courts
Court of Appeal releases confiscated East Legon House to Nayele Ametepe’s mum
In January 2015, after Nayele Ametepe Alia Ruby Appiah was convicted and sentenced in the United Kingdom for the possession of 12.5 kg of Cocaine, the said house was seized by the Narcotics Control Board.
DL News21 June 2022
Europe
Swiss trial opens for ex-FIFA boss Blatter, ex-UEFA chief Platini
The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss franc ($2.08m) payment in 2011 to Platini, who was then in charge of European football’s governing body UEFA.
aljazeera8 June 2022
Courts
Offence of Treason Felony not supported by facts, grant me bail: Oliver Barker tells Court
Oliver has maintained before the Tema High Court that the state has no case against him
DL News11 March 2022
Courts
Oliver Barker is a flight risk: Refuse his bail application-AG
The AG has argued that with no permanent place of residence in Ghana, Oliver Barker is a flight risk and could escape trial if granted bail
DLN10 March 2022
Courts
Oliver Barker case : Lawyers to move application for bail today
According to the affidavit in support of the application signed by counsel, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai of the Praetorium Solicitors, the applicant notes that he has never been previously accused or charged with a criminal offence.
DLN10 March 2022
Courts
Company directors before court for alleged tax evasion
Mansell Limited, which deals in the importation and wholesale of rice, sugar and other products, and the directors are facing trial at the Tax Division of the Accra High Court on two counts of failing to pay tax, contrary to Section 80 of t...
GRAPHIC ONLINE16 February 2022
Africa
Trial over murder of ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ opens in Burkina Faso
The former fighter pilot was one of the first African leaders to raise awareness about the growing AIDS epidemic. He publicly denounced the World Bank’s structural adjustment programmes and banned female circumcision and polygamy.
DL News11 October 2021
Courts
Opuni trial: Prohibition of Justice Honyenuga confidence booster to justice system – Legal practitioner
The renowned legal practitioner was commenting on the court’s ruling which barred the Justice of the Supreme Court with additional responsibility as a High Court Judge from continuing to preside over the case on grounds of bias.
DL News30 August 2021
Crime
R. Kelly accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy
The court filing alleges that Kelly believed he had impregnated Aaliyah, then 15, and wanted to marry her, so she could not be made to testify against him in court
DL News26 July 2021
Courts
Open your defence-Appeals Court to Opuni, Agongo
The two are on trial at the High Court for causing financial loss to the state to the tune of over GH¢217 million.
DL News17 June 2021
Courts
Trial of 2019 Budumburam Police killings stalling over inability to compose jury
Eric Kofi Duah and Michael Osafo Adjei have been accused of shooting and killing Sgt. Michael Dzamesi and Lance Corporal Awal Mohammed, after they requested the accused persons to stop for a search.
DL News16 June 2021
Courts
Court throws out motion to move jury to crime scene of murdered MP
An Accra High Court has thrown out a motion praying it to move a seven-member jury to the crime scene of murdered J.B Dankwah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North.
DL News27 May 2021
US
George Floyd: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder
A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year.
DL News21 April 2021