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General
Samson’s Take: Corruption and side-chicks law
Passage of the witness protection law was the icing on the cake yet people who know are not using these legal tools to help fight corruption
DL News27 September 2021
Courts
CEO of popular Ghanaian TV station sentenced for assaulting, battering wife
The Court presided over by Her Honor Hellen Lordina Serwaa Mireku convicted the accused person on his plea after changing from not guilty to guilty.
DL News22 September 2021
Asia
Philippines refuses to cooperate with ICC ‘war on drugs’ probe
Presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo on Thursday said ICC investigators would not be permitted to enter the country. Victims’ lawyers, however, say interviews can be conducted virtually.
DL News17 September 2021
Courts
Farmer jailed 15 years for defiling a 13-year-old girl
Aminu Yakubu sent her to buy drinks, and on her return, he locked her in his room and forcefully had sex with her”.
DL News11 September 2021
Courts
Court jails Bolt driver 6 months for stealing from passenger
fter investigation the accused person was charged with the offence of stealing and put before the court.
DL News10 September 2021
General
Twenty years after repeal of criminal libel law: Is the Ghanaian media free from ‘incarceration’?-Kofi Yeboah quizzesTwenty years after repeal of criminal libel law: Is the Ghanaian media free from ‘incarceration’?-Kofi Yeboah quizzes
The greatest enemy of the media under the current dispensation is irresponsibility and that must be fought on all fronts.
DL News10 September 2021
US
Mexico decriminalizes abortion in landmark ruling
The 11 Supreme Court judges unanimously voted to decriminalise abortion in that state, and under Mexican law, it will now apply to all the other states in the country.
DL News9 September 2021
Asia
Vietnamese man jailed for 5 years for spreading coronavirus
Vietnam has been one of the world’s coronavirus success stories, thanks to targeted mass testing, aggressive contact tracing, tight border restrictions and strict quarantine.
DL News7 September 2021
General
Immigration Service chases foreigners with Ghana passport
The GIS will never let the region and the country down, especially when drugs, cyberfraud, Q-Net [the controversial online ‘network marketing organisation’] are trying to take root in the region.
DL News3 September 2021
Courts
Dock labourer sentenced for attempting to stowaway
Chief Inspector Aperwah said the vessel which left the shores of Ghana the next day sailed to Abidjan Port where it stayed for three days, and left for Europe on July 28.
DL News2 September 2021
Europe
Catalonian extradition request moot in Scotland; target in Belgium
“No rational argument has been presented by Spain which justifies the criminalization of its citizens, who wish to peacefully argue for a different form of government or simply the right to self-determination, recognized in terms of the cha...
DL News27 August 2021
US
R. Kelly aide says he paid bribe for singer to marry Aaliyah
Even if he is acquitted, Mr Kelly still faces sex-related charges in Illinois and Minnesota, where he has also pleaded not guilty.
DL News22 August 2021
General
Report vigilantism, security threats to security agencies-Public urged
Major (rtd.) Agyemang implored leadership of churches to make it part of their daily activities to create awareness by sensitising their congregations on security issues
DL News20 August 2021
Courts
R. Kelly trial: Singer ‘knew I was underage’, accuser tells court
This case is not about a celebrity who likes to party a lot.”
DL News19 August 2021
Crime
A 21-year-old construction worker who armed himself with an axe to rob his victim of a plate of fried rice and a bag containing mobile phone, necklace and cash has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour.
A search in his room led to the retrieval of a small axe, one Black Berry Mobile phone, a Techno mobile phone and six different SIM cards.
DL News19 August 2021
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.
DL News11 August 2021
Courts
2 jailed eight years for stealing Lawyer’s computers, cash
During the arrest of Otoo, a brown leather bag, two computers, an Ipad, pen drive, assorted ID cards, receipts and a lady’s purse containing GHC2 were retrieved from his living room.
DL News10 August 2021
Asia
Obtaining consent for sex on false promise of marriage should be punishable-Indian High Court
Dismissing the plea of the accused, the court also observed that till a law to protect the victim of such deception was framed, the court should take into consideration the social reality and continue giving protection to such women who suf...
DL News5 August 2021
General
Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill is to expand legislation on homosexuality, not to criminalize
They are setting up recruitment drives in our Secondary Schools, they have pimps in the secondary schools who they pay monies to [recruit the students]
DL News31 July 2021
Europe
Vatican’s Cardinal Becciu on trial in $412m fraud case
Last week, the Vatican published details of its holdings, including more than 4,000 properties in Italy and 1,120 in other European cities.
DL News27 July 2021