Courts
CCTV exposes prison officers aiding a Chinese prisoner escape
Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu have been charged with conspiracy and aiding escape.
GNA
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Supreme Court News
Anti-LGBTQ Bill: Citi FM's Richard Sky goes to Supreme Court, wants it declared null and void
Sky, who's also a private legal practitioner asserts that the bill passed by Parliament contravenes various articles of the constitution and thus should be declared null or void.
DL News
General
A guide to practising Commercial Arbitration in Ghana: New book by Lawyer Bobby Banson
The book essentially discusses how arbitral proceedings should be conducted before the tribunal by the arbitrator and the parties from the start of the proceedings to the end of the proceedings.
DL News
Courts
Taxi driver remanded over stolen vehicle
Kofi Sakyi, also known as Isaac or Mosquito, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing.
GNA
Europe
UK: Solicitor jailed for stealing £84,000 from elderly clients
Alison Haley Griffiths, 55, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by abuse of position and was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court to 24 months’ imprisonment.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
Israeli intelligence trying to intimidate me - South Africa minister
Ms Pandor on Thursday told the Mail & Guardian news website that she was concerned about the safety of her family after having been targeted on social media.
BBC
Africa
US fugitive wanted for murder escapes custody in Kenya
Kelvin Kangethe, 41, was arrested last week while leaving a club in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after a months-long manhunt by Kenyan and US authorities.
BBC
Courts
Businessman charged with fraud and forgery of KMA letters remanded
Bernard Oduro Takyi is accused of forging the embarkation and disembarkation stamps of Singapore, South Africa, Mauritius and Turkey in the various passports of the two complainants.
GNA
General
Attorney General advocates scrapping of Jury System in Ghana
According to him, this system contributes to the numerous delays in such cases in court and thus ought to be eliminated.
DL News
US
Former CIA employee jailed for 40 years for largest leak in agency's history
Joshua Schulte, a software engineer from New York, passed the data to whistleblowing agency WikiLeaks in the so-called Vault 7 leak in 2017.
Sky News
Africa
Nigerian Police arrests 22-year-old for buying car with ‘fake bank alert’
Police said the suspect has confessed to the crime, adding that he would be charged to court after police investigation on the matter is concluded.
Channels TV
Crime
Carpenter gets 10 years for defiling 13-year old girl
Christopher Kavi, charged with defilement, pleaded guilty.
GNA
Africa
Mr Ibu's son arrested over alleged theft of medical donations
Onyeabuchi Okafo and Jasmine Okekeagwu are alleged to have taken "possession of the actor’s phone and hacked into the banking details", before stealing 55m Naira ($60,700; £47,800).
BBC
Africa
Nigerian Islamic police in manhunt for TikTokers
The social media stars are under fire over behaviour deemed indecent by some Muslims.
BBC
General
ICC International Court of Arbitration expands arbitrator training programme to African lawyers
The one-year training programme offers arbitration practitioners the chance to train as arbitrators
DL News
Courts
New Jury empanelled, 3rd trial takes off for Afoko
Appearing in court, both accused persons; Afoko and his co-accused, Asanbke pleaded not guilty to the charges.
DL News
Tech
Apple watch: US upholds ban on sale over patent dispute
The tech giant was earlier allowed to sell its Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches while proceedings were ongoing - but a US appeals court has since reversed that decision.
BBC
Others
Karim Benzema: Former France footballer sues politician over Muslim Brotherhood accusation
The player said he had "never had the slightest link with the Muslim Brotherhood", while his lawyer accused the French interior minister, who previously complained when Benzema failed to sing the national anthem, of "political exploitation"...
Sky News
Courts
Unemployed jailed over electrical cable theft
Sowah denied causing unlawful damage, unlawful entry and stealing but at the end of the trial he was found guilty of the offence.
GNA
Europe
UK Barrister ordered to pay over £155,000 after discriminatory treatment worsened assistant’s mental health
An employment court said the claimant, referred to as C, had a reoccurrence of symptoms as a result of the impact of the discriminatory treatment she received from the barrister, named as D.
Law Society Gazette