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Wife of ex-Malaysian PM gets 10 years jail for bribery
Rosmah Mansor was found guilty on three charges of soliciting and receiving bribes to help a company win a 1.25bn ringgit project ($279m, £240m).
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Courts
Warrants of 125 remand inmates at Nsawam Prison expired
Instruction No. 171 of the Ghana Police Service Instructions, 2018 requires that all expired Commitment Warrants of short-sentence prisoners who serve their term in Police Stations shall be endorsed by the Station Officer where they were is...
DL News
Africa
Ivorian President Ouattara pardons predecessor Gbagbo
In 2019, Gbagbo was handed a 20-year prison sentence for the robbery of funds from the Abidjan central bank during the post-election period.
DW
Courts
20 Ghanaian fishermen sentenced for trafficking marijuana to Nigeria
They were arrested on January 14, 2022, with 13.670kg of marijuana, aka cannabis Sativa, and arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
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Courts
Shatta Wale pleads guilty in publication of fake news case, fined GHC 2000
Shatta Wale was arrested on October 19, 2021, after he allegedly faked a gunshot attack, following a prophecy that indicated he would be killed by armed robbers on the said day.
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Africa
Nigerians sharing ‘school sex tape’ face 14 years
According to Lagos state laws, it is illegal for minors to engage in sex. Any image showing sexually explicit conduct involving a child - including "producing, distributing, receiving or possessing" one - was an offence liable to a sentence...
BBC
Europe
Former UK Coca-Cola boss caught taking £1.5m in bribes
Noel Corry, 56, provided companies with confidential information to give them an advantage over rivals when bidding for electrical services contracts for bottling plants in the UK.
AFP
Europe
German tennis star Boris Becker found guilty over bankruptcy, could face jail
The German star was found to have transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) after his June 2017 bankruptcy from his business account to other accounts, including those of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Sharlely “Lilly” B...
AP News
Courts
Defilement: Jail term for convict reduced
The convict, Oppong Yeboah was arrested in March of 2018 for defiling a six-year-old girl.
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Courts
Five sentenced 70 years to prison over attack on retired driver
The incident which happened in 2014, is said to have stemmed from a dispute over the burial of a deceased chief at the Teshie Royal Mausoleum.
DL News
Courts
Security Coordinator jailed 10 years for blackmailing former Metro Mass MD
The court presided over by Her Honour Adelaide Abui Keddy in handing down the sentence said, the punishment should serve as a deterrent to others.
DL News
Courts
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.
DL News
Europe
Ghislaine Maxwell seeks retrial in sex abuse case
Ghislaine Maxwell has officially requested a retrial, weeks after she was convicted on sexual abuse charges. The 60-year-old was found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jef...
Crime
Wa Brutalities: GAF to deal with deviant soldiers
A video surfaced on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in which armed military officers could be seen brutalizing some residents of Wa. Multiple reports indicate that this was over a missing mobile phone.
DL News
Courts
Doctoring, distributing nude pictures: Court to decide on beautician’s appeal
Chantel Nunekpeku, the beautician, filed an appeal at the High Court to challenge the ruling of the Circuit Court that handed her the 12-month prison term in 2018.
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Africa
Family of ex-president Charles Taylor demand payment for his service
Taylor, 73, is serving a 50-year jail sentence in the UK for supporting rebels in the decade-long civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
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Crime
Court to sentence woman in alleged latest fake kidnap case on Tuesday
On Friday, October 22, 2021, Ms Joana admitted to faking her kidnapping in order to extort GHS5,000 from a relative
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Africa
South Africa: Judgment raises questions about whether foreplay implies consent to having sex
Acting Judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has ruled in favour of an appeal by Loyiso Coko, who argued that the foreplay he had with his ex-girlfriend indicated she tacitly consented to sex. Judge Nyameko Wellman Gqamana concurred with the judgment.
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General
Opuni Case: SC sets October 26 for ruling on AG’s review motion
Mr.Opuni’s lawyers noted that the above statements were only made available to them when they applied for them and withheld by state prosecutors.
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Europe
Nazi trial: 100-year-old SS guard in court in Germany
There were 3,000 guards at Stutthof concentration camp alone, and only 50 were convicted. Bruno Dey was convicted of complicity in mass murder there last year and given a suspended sentence,
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