Courts
Notorious Effia-Nkwanta Hospital robber jailed 10 years
Afaku, described by authorities as a known criminal, pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery and was convicted by Her Honour Naa Amberley Akowuah.
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Courts
Job seeker jailed two years for phone theft at CHRAJ offices
Foster Nyarko was convicted for stealing a Samsung A54 5G phone, valued at GH¢4,999, belonging to a principal administrator at CHRAJ.
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General
Teen miner sentenced for theft in Tarkwa
The accused, Enock Buamah, also known as Akwesi, pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful entry, causing damage, and stealing.
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Africa
Death penalty abolished in Zimbabwe
Human rights organization Amnesty International commended the decision, calling it a "beacon of hope" for regional movements advocating against the death penalty. However, the group expressed concerns over a provision allowing the death pen...
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Crime
Man gets 21 years for sexually assaulting minor
Ampomah had engaged in anal sex with a 15-year-old boy at Tabora, Accra, and subjected the minor to beatings when the boy declined to further have sex with him, even while the victim was unwell.
GNA
Courts
Kumasi court fines cosmetic shop for illegal dumping of waste
The ruling followed widespread public criticism after a viral video showing improper waste management.
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Courts
Pastor Love jailed 48 months in hard labour for stealing
GBC Ghana Online reports that Pastor Love, a former husband of gospel musician Obaapa Christie, was found guilty of the offence after seven years of trial.
GBC Online
Crime
Court jails Cameroonian, Togolese for illegal acquisition of Ghana Card, birth certificate
Samuel Sagbo, 31, a barber from Togo and Edwin Nwanchan Ndum alias Edwin Mensah, 37, an unemployed Cameroonian will serve an additional 36 months jail time each should they default in paying the fines.
GNA
Courts
Zuria FM reporter fined for inciteful comments
The District Magistrate Judge, Afia Densi Asare-Kyire held that the prosecution had proven beyond doubt the case against the accused person with both video and documentary evidence.
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Europe
Gary Glitter to pay £508,000 damages for sexual abuse
A High Court judge determined that Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, inflicted "the most serious kind" of sexual abuse on the claimant.
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Tech
Sam Bankman-Fried: Disgraced 'Crypto King' to be sentenced
The 32-year-old will certainly be going to jail; what is not known is how long for.
BBC
Africa
CAR opposition leader sentenced for defamation
Crepin Mboli Goumba, a lawyer and coordinator for the opposition group BRDC, was arrested earlier this month after accusing magistrates of corruption.
BBC
Europe
Hungary’s president resigns over a pardon to a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case
Her decision came after more than a week of public outrage after it was revealed that she issued a presidential pardon in April 2023 to a man convicted of hiding a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home.
AP News
Courts
An account of Ato Essien's case and 15 year-jail term
The judgment of the court follows Mr. Essien's inability to pay in full the restitution amount of GHC 90 million.
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Africa
Angolan TikToker jailed for 'insulting' President
Ana da Silva Miguel, popularly known as Neth Nahara, was initially sentenced by a court to six months in August. However, an appeals court ruled that the sentence was too lenient and raised it to two years.
BBC
Crime
Ex-convict jailed 10 years for stealing
Mohammed Mansur is said to have dishonestly appropriated the engine head of a Toyota Corolla (S) valued GH¢2,500, a Renault air condition motor valued GH¢3,000, a Renault gearbox
GNA
Africa
Senegal's opposition leader jailed for 'corrupting youth'
The politician's supporters say the trial was aimed at stopping Mr Sonko from standing in the presidential elections next year.
BBC
Courts
Court sentences Nigerian eight years to prison for impersonating former CID boss, defrauding others
Bright Daniels, who at the time of committing the crime, was a convicted prisoner at the Nsawam Prisons, the court heard.
GNA
Europe
Three men tried to take their own lives over woman's rape lies, UK court hears
Eleanor Williams accused the men of attacking her and posted on Facebook in May 2020 that she was the victim of an Asian grooming gang.
BBC
Courts
Takoradi fake kidnapping, pregnancy case: Court fines woman GH¢7,200
Josephine Panyin Mensah was charged with two counts of deceiving a public officer and publication of false news with intent to cause fear and panic.
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