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Contempt of Court: Power FM presenter sentenced 14 days
The sentence follows a contempt suit by the Attorney General of the Republic against the presenter last year following an alleged viral video.
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Crime
Ghanaian man escapes jail time for role in $4.7m email scam in Australia
Maxwell Kyere was sentenced to a 19-month intensive corrections order and 200 hours of community service at the Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday, after last year pleading guilty to knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime.
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Africa
Gabon coup plotters get 15 years prison sentence for trying to remove President Ali Bongo
Two other putschists were shot dead by the security forces at the time of the attempted takeover in January 2019
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US
US$100m romance scam: Two Ghanaians ‘Kofi Boat’ and ‘Pascal’ plead guilty, face 20-year jail term
The two men, who were described by American prosecutors as leaders of the criminal organisation, admitted to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before US District Judge Arun Subramanian in New York.
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Tarkwa labourer fined GH¢120,000 over cannabis, tramadol possession
The convict, who resides at Tarkwa Railway Station in the Western Region, faces a three-year prison term if he fails to pay the fine imposed by the court.
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Crime
Oyibi mason jailed 35 years for defiling two daughters
Charles Seddoh was convicted on five counts of defilement and incest by the Circuit Court sitting at the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Police Headquarters.
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Courts
Toase court gives man 18 months for stealing engineer's laptop and phones
The convict, Yaw Mensah, pleaded guilty to stealing and was convicted on his own plea before the court presided over by Robert Addo.
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Courts
Appeal against 15-year jail term: Amasaman court sets Feb. 5 to decide Agradaa's fate
Agradaa is seeking to overturn both her conviction and the 15-year prison term imposed on 3 July 2025, after she was found guilty of charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretence.
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Africa
Malaysian court rejects Najib bid to serve 1MDB sentence under house arrest
Najib, who has been in jail since August 2022 over the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, had asked the Kuala Lumpur High Court to compel authorities to recognise and enforce what he said was a royal order.
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US
Doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry sentenced to 30 months in prison
Dr Salvador Plasencia, a Santa Monica-based doctor, admitted to four counts of distributing ketamine as part of a plea deal entered earlier this year.
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Courts
Agradaa, another ordered to file plea deal terms in nude image sharing case
The court said the document must be filed no fewer than three clear days before 16 December 2025, the next scheduled sitting.
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Courts
Armed robber jailed 30 years by Nsuaem Kyekyewere Circuit Court
In a statement issued on Friday, October 3, 2025, the police said Owusu was arrested in connection with a violent robbery that occurred at Assin Praso in the Central Region.
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Africa
Burkina Faso bans homosexual acts
The new measure, unanimously voted through on Monday, imposes punishments of up to five years in jail, and has become part of a broader crackdown on same-sex relationships across the continent.
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Courts
Teen robbers jailed 10 years each after daylight robbery in Kumasi
In a statement released on Wednesday, July 9, the Ashanti Regional Police Command confirmed that the suspects—Mamudu Issah, Samuel Takyi, and Alhassan Abubakari, all aged 18—were apprehended the same day they carried out the robbery on July...
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Courts
Man sentenced 5 years for attacking neighbour, causing harm
Yeboah pleaded guilty to the charges and was convicted based on his admission.
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Courts
Wrongfully jailed for 23 years, innocent mechanic finally walks free
In a landmark ruling delivered on June 5, 2025, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned Agyekum’s 2002 conviction, citing a lack of credible evidence linking him to the notorious crimes of convicted armed robber A...
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Courts
Grant Ato Essien pardon-Lawyer petitions Mahama
Essien was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Accra High Court after being found guilty of misappropriating over GH¢90 million in liquidity support that the Bank of Ghana had provided to Capital Bank.
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Crime
Hairdresser jailed 5 years for stealing via clone cheques
Oforiwa faced seven charges, including theft and aiding criminal activities. Although a first-time offender and a mother of two, the court ruled that her deliberate actions warranted punishment.
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Crime
Two arrested over human skull, sentenced to 13 years
Abdul Razak Mohammed, a 49-year-old grave digger at Awudome Cemetery, reportedly sold the skull to Alex Frimpong for GH₵600, allegedly to help Frimpong secure more contracts in his masonry work.
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Ex-convict gets 6 months for stealing ECG cables
Geoffrey Obuobi was accused of cutting and stealing copper core cables of a transformer from the Electricity Company of Ghana.
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