Courts
Crane operator gets 15 years in hard labour
The court, presided over by Mrs Eleanor Kakra Banes Botchway, sentenced the accused after a full trial of which the court found him guilty and convicted.
GNA
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Africa
Police arrest suspects over Cyril Ramaphosa farm robbery
Dubbed "farmgate", the controversy first came to light when Arthur Fraser, the former head of the country’s state security agency, filed a criminal complaint against President Ramaphosa last year. Mr Fraser accused the president of bribery,...
BBC
Crime
Robbers mistake bread for cash ; Return to kill pregnant woman
The robbers had attacked 42-year-old Raymond Suglo, a businessman, and his wife at Jang in the Nadowli-Kaloe District in the Upper West Region around 9:30 p.m. last Monday.
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Africa
Parole for man who murdered South Africa's ex-first lady
Luyanda Mboniswa, who was 21 years old when he committed the crime, worked as a security guard at the former first lady’s apartment block.
BBC
Africa
Nigerian state bans cars with tinted windows
Owners of vehicles with tinted glasses in the state have until 4 September to obtain permits from the police.
BBC
Africa
South Africa: Activist challenges law that bars naming accused in rape cases
Caroline Peters wants a section of the Criminal Procedure Act declared unconstitutional and invalid
AllAfrica
US
Man jailed 21 years for shooting Lady Gaga’s dog walker
James Howard Jackson pleaded no contest – similar to a guilty plea – to attempted murder.
BBC
Crime
Two arrested over robbery at Upper Amenfi Rural Bank
“These suspects and three other accomplices attacked the bank on 27th June 2022, disarmed the security guard on duty, assaulted two of the bank staff and made away with an unspecified amount of money and a pump action gun.
DL News
US
Rihanna's partner A$AP Rocky charged with two counts of assault with firearm
The US rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, allegedly pointed a handgun at a victim in November last year.
Sky News
Crime
Man, minor arrested for alleged robbery and murder of final year student of Tweneboah Kodua SHS
According to a statement, the suspects robbed deceased Osei Mensah Daniel of his motorbike and allegedly “murdered and buried him in a cocoa farm near Benebene in the Ashanti Region.”
DL News
General
President assents to Plea Bargaining Act, 2022 (Act 1079)
Per the Act1079 a person charged with a criminal offence may at the time before judgment, negotiate with the Attorney General for a plea agreement to reduce an offence charged to a lesser offence or to withdraw a charge against an accused p...
DL News
General
Parliament passes ‘Plea Bargaining Bill’
Even though there existed a few instances where plea bargaining existed for very few offenses like Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 239 of Act 30 and others, the majority of offenses under Ghana’s criminal jurisdiction are generally exclu...
DL News
Crime
North East Region: Man, 45, kills mother over missing GHC100
According to neighbours, the incident happened last Thursday evening after the suspect returned from a drinking spot and accused his siblings of a missing amount of GHC100.
Asaase Radio Online
Crime
Police arrest 3 suspected robbers during ‘fortification’ ritual
It said the suspects were in the process of fortifying themselves with the suspected blood of a fowl at their hideout.
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Crime
Man, 20 arrested for attempted motorbike robbery
The suspect, a pillion rider, was arrested today Wednesday January 19, 2022 by members of the Agorve community after he poured pepper-powder into the eyes of the rider causing both suspect and the rider to fall to the ground.
Crime
Scrap dealers steal digital address plates on houses in Ngleshie Amanfro
At Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, the implementation of the government’s Digital Address System in various communities is under threat.
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Africa
How Nigeria succeeded in clipping Twitter’s wings
Twitter has agreed to a raft of conditions to end a seven-month ban in Nigeria, in what feels like a big win for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in its efforts to regulate the internet, some analysts say.
BBC
General
Prison decongestion: A-G to lay two bills before Parliament
“I am treating both pieces of legislation as part of my priority legislation this year
DL News
Crime
Motorbike operator arrested for alleged robbery and rape
“On November 1, 2021, suspect Dordzi Dzidefo was arrested at his hideout at Kakasunanka No. 1 through a sustained intelligence-led operation,”
DL News
Crime
Police kill two notorious robbers, injure leader near Bole
A statement released by the Police on Wednesday, 27th October, 2021 indicated that the move had been predicated by weeks of “painstaking investigations and covert operations” and was undertaken by a “combined team of highly trained Operatio...
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