Europe
Ex-Premier League star jailed over £8m fraud
Ex-Charlton Athletic player Richard Rufus was found guilty of fraud, money laundering and carrying out a regulated activity without authorisation.
BBC
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Europe
UK: Lawyer jailed for 12 years after private prosecution for fraud
Stephen Jones, 63, senior partner at London firm Jirehouse Partners, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to two counts of fraud by abuse of his position of trust as a solicitor
Law Society Gazette
Europe
UK: Woman jailed for injecting child with faeces has sentence increased
Elizabeth Faragher had her sentence extended from five years and 10 months to eight years after judges ruled the earlier jail term "unduly lenient".
Sky News
Europe
Hacker who stole unreleased songs by Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert jailed for 18 months
Adrian Kwiatkowski stole two songs from Sheeran and 12 songs from American rapper Vert and tried to exchange them for cryptocurrency, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
Sky News
Courts
Assin North: Don’t waste resources on criminal case against Gyakye Quayson – Kpebu
Recent history has seen a former Member of Parliament jailed for a similar offence.
DL News
Courts
Rosemond Brown (Akuapem Poloo) jailed 90 days
Social media personality Rosemond Brown has been jailed three months following her conviction on charges of publication of obscene material and domestic violence.
DL News
Opinion
Ghana Is Punishing Speech with a Law from 1839
The article argues that Ghana’s continued use of criminal offences such as “offensive conduct” and “publication of false news” undermines constitutional free speech protections and revives colonial-era tools of speech control. It also criti...
Martin Waana-Ang
Opinion
The Ineffectiveness of Criminal Prosecution in Tax Recovery in Ghana: Insights from the Case of The Republic v. Warren Oil Company Limited
This article examines the limitations of criminal prosecution in recovering unpaid taxes in Ghana, using the case of The Republic v. Warren Oil Company Limited as a focal point. It argues that the punitive measures in the Revenue Administra...
Rebecca Eduafo-Abraham, Esq.
Courts
Fake NIA officer jailed for defrauding Ghana Card applicants
Fidelis Samuel Mensah was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of stealing and defrauding by false pretences.
DL News
Courts
Sales boy jailed after CCTV captures theft from employer
The Amasaman Circuit Court sentenced him to 36 months’ imprisonment with hard labour after finding him guilty of stealing GH¢217,000 from Madam Sahada
DL News
Courts
Four jailed eight years over kidnapping in Northern Region
The convicts, Haruna Seidu, Osman Sambo, Amadu Aminu and Hoyeefe Amadu, were each sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
Courts
Nigerian woman jailed over fake Ghanaian passport documents
Franca Wilson, 41, pleaded guilty when she appeared before the court on May 12, 2026.
DL News
US
Los Angeles 'Ketamine Queen' jailed 15 years over Matthew Perry overdose death
Sangha, often referred to by prosecutors as the “Ketamine Queen”, had admitted a series of drug offences, including one count linked directly to death or bodily injury.
DL News
Courts
One jailed as 21 drug suspects appear in Tamale court
The suspects were brought before the Tamale Circuit Court on Monday, 9 March 2026, to answer charges linked to narcotic and restricted drugs.
DL News
Crime
Woman jailed two years over theft at Teshie barracks church
Amanda Pascal, who told the court she is unemployed, pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and theft.
DL News
Courts
Makola thief jailed nine months after CCTV capture
Sampson Kwabena Ebo, who told the court he was unemployed, pleaded guilty to taking a Nokia HD Android phone valued at GH¢3,000, a woman’s handbag worth GH¢550, and clothes valued at GH¢350.
DL News
Courts
Man jailed 15 years for hammer attack and phone robbery
The convict, Enock Appiah, also known as “Odanka”, pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and robbery.
DL News
Courts
Mason jailed 30 months for GHC26,400 theft in Amasaman
Jacob Tetteh was convicted on his own plea of guilty to charges of stealing and unlawful entry.
DL News
Courts
Kasoa QNet scam: Three jailed as police rescue five alleged victims
Those convicted are Elizabeth Agyekumwaa, 24; Emmanuel Kyei, 23; and Issah Safianu, 23. A fourth accused, Prince Akwesi Ntim, 23, is standing trial.
DL News
Courts
Galamsey worker jailed for slashing student in Bompieso attack
The Tarkwa District Court One, presided over by Charles Owusu Nsiah, handed the sentence to Bismark Owusu, who pleaded guilty to causing unlawful harm.
DL News