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Dani Alves cleared of rape conviction after appeal
The original conviction, which had resulted in a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence, has now been overturned due to lack of sufficient evidence.
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Crime
Farmer fined GH₵4,800 for stealing ginger worth GH₵17,500
Mahama pleaded guilty to the charge of theft and was convicted based on his own admission. Should he fail to pay the fine, he will serve a 12-month prison sentence as a substitute.
DL News
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.
DL News
Crime
Young mechanic fined GH¢6,000 for theft
The court, presided over by Mr. Lawrence Buanor-Buer, ruled that if he failed to pay the fine, he would serve 12 months in prison for each offense, with the sentences running consecutively.
DL News
Crime
Unemployed man imprisoned three years for motorbike theft in Jasikan
Amewuame pleaded guilty to the charges and requested leniency, prompting the court, presided over by Mr. Lambert Keriga, to consider his plea.
DL News
Courts
Driver jailed 5 years for stealing GH¢300k low bed truck
Presiding over the case, Mrs. Gloria Mensah Bonsu convicted Oppong after he pleaded guilty to the charges.
DL News
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.
DL News
Crime
9 remanded into prison in Akotom murder case
The suspects face charges of conspiracy and murder, but their pleas have not yet been taken. The case is scheduled to resume on Monday, January 6, 2025, under the presiding judge, Mr. Charles Owusu Nsiah.
DL News
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.
GNA
Crime
Porter sentenced to 15 years for robbery and causing harm
Abubakari pleaded guilty to charges of causing harm and robbery after he smashed Ametepe’s head with a pavement block before stealing from him.
GNA
Crime
2 brothers remanded in custody for robbery and stealing
Augustine Kofi Owusu, 28, who pleaded not guilty to the charge was remanded into prison custody and would reappear before the court on November 05, 2024, while Kwabena Nsiah 31, who pleaded guilty, was remanded into police custody and would...
GNA
Crime
Mason who attempted to burn his family and property remanded into prison custody
Robert Benjamin Okyere pleaded not guilty to causing harm and damage and would reappear before the court presided by Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng, on November 07.
GNA
Courts
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.
GNA
Africa
Rwandan government critic jailed 7 years
Hakuzimana, arrested in 2021, faced charges of inciting ethnic divisions and spreading false information, including claims that critics of President Paul Kagame are often imprisoned.
DL News
General
Mentally challenged prisoners to receive psychosocial, art therapy
The initiative is spearheaded by the Crime Check Foundation (CCF), a non-governmental organization, in partnership with the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
DL News
Crime
Phone snatcher sentenced to 25 years in prison
Akwasi Agyemang, who stole a student's iPhone 7 and an itel cellular phone, was found guilty by the Court presided over by Isaac Apeatu and sentenced accordingly.
GNA
Crime
Woman jailed for six months for stealing phone valued at ¢1200
Ekudi who appeared before the Court on December 15, 2023, pleaded not guilty, was fully tried, found guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison.
GNA
Crime
Forty-year-old trader sentenced for stealing mobile phone
Ekudi who appeared before the Court on December 15, 2023, pleaded not guilty, was fully tried, found guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison.
GNA
Courts
Hohoe court fines rider GH¢1,800 for road traffic offences
Adzaglo pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced on his own plea to an amount GH¢1,800 or serve four months in prison if he defaults.
GNA
Crime
Three remanded for two weeks over robbery, rape allegations
However, their counterpart, Alex Obeng, a 24-year-old illegal miner, had a GH¢50,000 bail with one surety because the suspects in the case, Coffie and Adu stated that he only provided information and security.
GNA