Africa
Amnesty urges Algeria to free detained journalist
The prominent journalist is accused of illegally receiving money from people and organisations “in exchange for carrying out activities that could harm state security".
BBC
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Europe
Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape
The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place.
BBC
Courts
Caprice robbery: Accused plead not guilty to charges
All five have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
GNA
Courts
Ato Forson’s Case: Financing agreement with Stanbic Bank was cancelled – Witness
“I am unable to say why the financing agreement between Stanbic Bank and Government was not signed,” Mr Emmanuel Evan Mensah said.
GNA
Europe
UK: Junior solicitor sues former firm for hacking ‘intimate’ WhatsApp messages
The unnamed solicitor had lost an employment tribunal claim for sexual harassment and unfair dismissal after making 79 allegations against her former employer
Law Society Gazette
Courts
Bulldog fined GH¢48,000 over 'threatful' comments about President Akufo-Addo on Menzgold issue
He was charged with offensive conduct to the breach of the peace, but pleaded not guilty.
DL News
Courts
Bukom Banku and son granted GHC 50,000 bail each over stabbing incident
Having pleaded not guilty, both are facing charges of abetment of crime and of causing damage.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria: Sharia court sentences cleric to death by hanging for blasphemy
The defendant was arraigned on July 16, 2021 by Kano State government on four counts charge bordering on blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Peoples Gazette
Crime
UK says there will be justice over Kenyan woman's death
The body of Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in a septic tank at a hotel in central Kenya in 2012, nearly three months after she had spent an evening partying with soldiers.
BBC
Courts
Capital Bank case: No statement imputing misconduct by state officials was made by court – Judicial Secretary
State Prosecutors have accused the Founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG)
DL News
Courts
Plumber freed after five years wrongful imprisonment
Emmanuel Darko, on October 17, 2017, was found guilty by the Accra Circuit Court 1 alongside trader Kwame Konadu and Abdulai Rashid for conspiracy to rob and five counts of robbery
Ghanaian Times
Others
Bruce Lehrmann: Australia parliament rape retrial abandoned
Bruce Lehrmann, 27, denies sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins on a minister's sofa after a night out in 2019. He maintains no sex took place.
BBC
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
Business
Speaker refers motion for vote of censure on Finance Minister to ad-hoc committee
This comes after the Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu moved the motion for vote of censure against the Minister on the floor of the House yesterday.
DL News
General
India Court sentences father, daughter & son to jail for obtaining abortion order by filing false rape case
The Court, in its order, noted that the fact was that the Prosecutrix got conceived from her cousin's brother, however, this fact was conveniently suppressed by the father and daughter.
Livelaw
Supreme Court News
EC suit against Oliver Vormawor, CJ, others: Supreme Court adjourns sine die
In January this year, the group, #FixTheCountry Movement submitted a petition signed by the convener, Oliver Barker to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo invoking the constitutional procedure for the removal of the EC Chair and her deputies ove...
DL News
General
66 Bills to be laid before Parliament on resumption
Eleven Bills are currently at the committee level, of which seven are Public Bills and four are Private Members bills.
GNA
Courts
Nine Ghanaians sentenced eight years each over attempt to smuggle cannabis into Nigeria
"Delivering his ruling in the matter on Friday, Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, Lagos convicted the Ghanaians of conspiracy and dealing in cannabis and thereafter sentenced each of them to eight years in prison,"
DL News
Courts
Aisha Huang, three others denied bail
The four who appeared before the court on September 14, 2022, pleaded not guilty to charges of mining without a license and engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a valid license.
DL News
Europe
Ex-Manchester United star, Ryan Giggs to face retrial over assault and controlling behaviour allegations
Giggs is accused of assaulting his former partner, Kate Greville, causing actual bodily harm, and using controlling and coercive behaviour against her from August 2017 to November 2020.
Sky News