Africa
Rwanda ex-prison director jailed for stealing
The court acquitted an IT specialist inmate who used his skills to hack the victim’s Visa card after telling the court that he was forced by the prison director to do so.
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Courts
Court to rule on Lighthouse Chapel application Nov 25
Being properly noticed, according to counsel, would afford his clients the opportunity to know exactly what to respond to in respect to the Church’s application.
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Courts
Ato Essien sheds tears in court as he recounts formation, successes of Capital Bank
It is the case of the A-G that Essien, with Odonkor’s aid, transferred the liquidity support to certain companies either controlled by him or in which he had interest.
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Crime
Police arrest two, for stripping teenagers naked in public
According to reports, the teenagers were assaulted by a mob, after being accused of allegedly stealing GH¢100 and a mobile phone.
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Crime
Man jailed for stealing Judge’s plantain
According to the prosecutor, Joseph Boamah, a complainant spotted the accused harvesting some plantain from the backyard of the judge’s garden on October 21, 2021.
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Courts
45 year old man jailed 39 months for stealing railway steel
The court, presided over by His Lordship, Nana Asantewaa Atakora, sentenced the suspect on his own plea.
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Courts
I was engaged to steal items for a fee of GHC200- Jailed rider
Chief Inspector Acheampong said on September 25, this year, at about 1000 hours, Musah was found lurking around in the area.
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Courts
Graduate granted GH¢100,000.00 bail for allegedly defrauding Sunyani Technical University SRC
nussah was charged with three counts of forgery of official documents, an attempt to commit crime and stealing.
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Crime
Mobile banker convicted for stealing over Gh¢32,000
According to Inspector Lartey, officials of the bank were not convinced about the report
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Courts
Father pleads with judge to sentence son for stealing turkey
The court heard that Charles Boadi, a farmer at Kawie, a village near Sawla in the Savanna Region had made attempts to sell the turkey he stole from his father’s poultry farm
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General
Nduom sues Hopeson Adorye, 2 others: Demands GHC10 million damages
Dr Nduom is the founder of Groupe Nduom, a successful Ghanaian business and other business entities established over the past 30 years
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Others
Soldier, 27,kicked out of the Army after stealing a colleague’s ATM card
Private Lewis Billam bought £216 worth of the virtual currency used in the popular football video game
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Africa
Former South African President Jacob Zuma Jailed
He had been been implicated in aiding and abetting the stealing of state funds during the nine years he led South Africa.
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Africa
Davido’s lawyer reveals writer of “Jowo”
Davido’s lawyer, Bobo F. Ajudua has finally cleared the air on who wrote the hit single ‘Jowo’ for his client after he was accused of stealing it from Victor Ad.
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Courts
Venture Capital scandal: Court ‘rejects’ Duku’s move to pay GH¢15m
The move by Daniel Duku, a former Chief Executive of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) who is standing trial for causing financial loss to the state, to pay GH¢15 million as restitution to the state is in limbo.
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Opinion
Does A Poisonous Mango Tree Necessarily Bear Poisoned Mangoes?: The “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree” Doctrine’s Applicability in Ghanaian Evidence Law
The article examines the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine and how Ghanaian courts deal with evidence obtained through unlawful or unconstitutional means. It explains that, following Raphael Cubagee v Michael Yeboah Asare & Others, Gha...
HH Malcolm Bedzrah
Opinion
Stay of Proceedings of A Case: A Legal Gymnastics Tool to Delay Proceedings Before a Trial Court?
The article explains that merely filing a repeat application for stay of proceedings, or an application for certiorari or prohibition, does not automatically halt proceedings before a trial court. A stay only arises where the trial or appel...
Francis Obiri
Opinion
Of Section 315 (3) of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30); Review of the Decision Of Augustine Yeboah vrs. Attorney-General, Dictum of Parker Yarney J.
The article reviews Augustine Yeboah v Attorney-General and examines when a prison sentence begins where a convicted person absconds before serving the sentence. It argues that the period spent at large must not count towards the sentence a...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Conviction and Sentence in Absentia; Effective Date Of Sentence, Settling The Uncertainty; The Case Of Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, Former Masloc CEO
The article examines whether a sentence imposed in absentia begins from the date it is pronounced or from when the convicted person is brought into custody. Using the Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu case, the author argues that a purposive reading...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
Raising Legal Objections and the Role of the Judge
The author, a Circuit Court Judge, Ofaakor expertly discusses the matter of Objections raised in courts and offers practical insights for Judges to observe
H.H Malcolm, Ewoenam Bedzrah Esq.