Courts
Convicted Agradaa seeks bail pending appeal
Agradaa, founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, was convicted on July 3, 2025, for defrauding members of the public and for charlatanic advertisement.
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Supreme Court clears Akwatia MP of contempt
The 5-member panel of the apex court sitting on June 11, also annulled the bench warrant issued by the Koforidua High Court for Mr Kumi's arrest.
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Courts
Nigerian duo convicted in Ghana for luring women into prostitution
Their sentencing has been postponed to April 30, 2025, as the court awaits the result of a pregnancy test for Jessica.
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US
Kofi Amankwaa; Bronx-based immigration attorney sentenced 70 months in prison
The sentence comes after Amankwaa pleaded guilty in September 2024, and it highlights the severe consequences of exploiting vulnerable individuals seeking legal immigration status.
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Courts
Kasoa ritual murder case:Court sentences one to life refers other to Juvenile court
Nearly three years after the tragic death of Ishmael Abdallah, the court reached its verdict, leaving Ghanaians reeling from the crime's disturbing nature and the fact that it was perpetrated by minors.
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Crime
Tamale: Man jailed 6 months over illegal power connection
Presiding over the case, His Worship Justice Derrick Annan also imposed a fine of 500 penalty units, equivalent to GHS 6,000, to be paid to the state.
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US
New York: Ghanaian couple sentenced 25 years for beating 5-year-old boy to death
A jury delivered a verdict of second-degree murder on March 22, leading to the sentencing pronounced by a judge on Wednesday.
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Courts
Woman sentenced for pouring hot palmnut soup on boyfriend’s wife
Afia Agyeiwaa simply admitted to inflicting harm on Madam Vida Ntiamoah when she was arraigned in November 2023, but her sentencing was deferred until February 15, 2024.
GNA
Tech
'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried faces decades in jail after guilty verdict
The jury delivered its verdict after less than five hours of deliberations.
BBC
Europe
British TikTok star jailed after trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru
Peru's Supreme Court posted an edited image of the online influencer behind bars on social media after his sentencing.
Sky News
US
Gynaecologist jailed in New York after sexually abusing more than 200 patients
A gynaecologist who sexually abused more than 200 patients has been jailed for 20 years. Robert Hadden, 64, cried and said he was "sorry for all the pain" he had caused before he was handed his sentence by a judge in New York on Tuesday.
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Courts
Former Mentor TV reality show contestant receives life sentence for manslaughter conviction
The charges against him included murder and the use of an offensive weapon, resulting in the death of Razak Mohammed at Nungua Coco-Beach on September 26, 2016.
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Courts
Western Togoland case: Five secessionists found guilty, sentencing set for March 21
The convicts were arrested in September 2020 following attempts to declare parts of the Volta and Oti regions as independent state to be called ‘Western Togoland’.
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Africa
South Africa: 'Bizarre' case reveals that Magistrates lack training
In a special review, the High Court has set aside the conviction and sentencing of a man by a Magistrate in a maintenance court. The man had been found guilty although charges were never put to him and he never pleaded.
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Africa
Hushpuppi files notice to appeal 11 years’ sentencing for Internet fraud
Mr Abbas was sentenced to 11 years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims.
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Courts
Two jailed 70 years for kidnapping, robbery
Richmond Kluttey, 26, and Samuel Olise, 27, aka Junior, were found guilty on the charges of conspiracy to kidnap and rob, kidnapping and robbery at the end of the trial.
GNA
General
‘I’ve been offered plea deals, but I turned it down because I am innocent’ – Abdul Inusah on fraud case in US
In interviews granted to GH One’s Francis Abban and on Assase Radio, he maintains that he is innocent and that he even turned down plea deals offered by US Prosecutors.
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Crime
Act 1019 has clearly stated the position on ‘possession’ and ‘use’ of Narcotic substances- Justice Sir Dennis Adjei
Speaking at a one-day training workshop on the New Narcotics Act for Judges, the Court of Appeal Justice further noted that the New Act primarily seeks to serve the interest of persons who even though may use or decide to use narcotic drugs...
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US
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes convicted of fraud
Prosecutors said Holmes knowingly lied about technology she said could detect diseases with a few drops of blood.
BBC
General
Court rejects Akuapem Poloo’s 90-day jail appeal
Rosemond Brown, was given the 90-day jail term in which she pleaded guilty following her social media post of a nude photo with her seven-year-old son in June 2020.
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