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Electrician jailed 24 years for defilement, incest
“When the accused heard the young man had denied responsibility, he took the victim to LEKMA Hospital at Teshie Nungua and aborted the pregnancy in July this year,
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Africa
Ivory Coast TV host sentenced for promoting rape
On Tuesday, M’Bella, who is from Cameroon, apologised for the broadcast, admitting that he had “made an error” while trying to raise awareness about rape, Reuters quotes him as saying.
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Courts
19-year-old man sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for robbery by Techiman Circuit Court
he accused pleaded guilty on three out of the five counts before he was sentenced.
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Africa
Lawyer for ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero deported for visa violation
Prosecutors have requested a life sentence for Rusesabagina, whose family says he is in poor health and being mistreated in prison.
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Courts
Land guard gets four years for defrauding MP, woman over land
Chief Inspector Benneh said on October 10, 2019, Police visited the land in question with the complainant and saw a fence wall built around the land.
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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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Courts
Abuga Pele gets presidential pardon on health grounds after 3-yrs in jail
Abuga Pele had always stated that he was only used as a scapegoat by the previous NDC government, whiles the real culprits were made to walk free
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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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Europe
Woman who killed her abusive husband goes on trial for murder in France
This year alone, 43 women have lost their lives at the hands of their partners or husbands, according to advocacy group “Feminicides par compagnon ou ex,”
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Africa
ICC sentences Ugandan rebel leader Ongwen to 25 years in prison
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier turned commander of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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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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Crime
Mahama pardons 863 convicts to mark Ghana’s 70th Independence Anniversary
A statement issued on Monday, October 5, said the gesture was intended to commemorate the anniversary through an act of mercy and national reflection.
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Courts
Lawra: Man jailed 20 years for incest involving biological daughter
The court also sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment for threatening the life of the survivor.
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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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Crime
Zambia jails two men over witchcraft plot to kill President Hichilema
The pair were arrested in December with charms including a live chameleon and later convicted under the Witchcraft Act.
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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
Painter ordered to pay GH¢6200 as fine, compensation for calling neighbour witch
The man, identified as Fia Foli Philip, was also ordered to pay GH¢5,000 in compensation to the complainant and has been warned never to repeat the defamatory accusation.
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Courts
Illegal miner jailed 20 years for stabbing okada rider to death, stealing motorbike
The convict, Jacob Dari—popularly known as “Jaybad”—pleaded guilty to robbery before the court presided over by Judge Hathia Ama.
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Courts
Ashiyie: Man whose gate electrocuted boy jailed 10 years
Laweh had unlawfully tapped electricity to an uncompleted building and connected a copper wire from this setup to a makeshift gate blocking a commonly used footpath on two plots of land where he was squatting. Darko was fatally electrocuted...
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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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