Courts
Inside Wontumi's motion for bail pending appeal in Akonta Mining conviction
In the bail application, the lawyers argue that the appeal raises serious legal and constitutional questions with strong prospects of success.
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Crime
Aboboyaa’ rider jailed 6 months for killing todler in road accident
In addition to the prison sentence, the court presided over by Lord Delvin Essandoh, ordered Gideon to pay GHC6,000 as compensation to the victim’s mother.
GNA
Crime
Woman who faked pregnancy jailed for six years
Joana had conspired with two other people last week to fake her kidnap in Takoradi in the Western Region last week.
DENNISLAW NEWS
Europe
Ex-French President jailed
In 2012, he lost his re-election bid to socialist François Hollande. Since then he has been targeted by several criminal investigations.
DL News
Africa
South Africa: 'Bizarre' case reveals that Magistrates lack training
In a special review, the High Court has set aside the conviction and sentencing of a man by a Magistrate in a maintenance court. The man had been found guilty although charges were never put to him and he never pleaded.
News24
US
Extradited Ghanaian national sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for multimillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy
The prosecution of this case is being handled by the Office’s Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Sagar K. Ravi and Mitzi Steiner are in charge of the prosecution.
DL News
Courts
A-G seeks stay of Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s acquittal pending Supreme Court appeal
The application was filed on Thursday, July 30, 2026, shortly after a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal unanimously quashed Madam Tamakloe-Attionu’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence.
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Others
Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use
The arrest of Awad Al-Qarni, 65, in September 2017 represented the start of a crackdown against dissent by the then newly named crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.
The Guardian
Courts
High Court hands Wontumi 20-year sentence in Samreboi mining case
The sentence was delivered on Monday, July 20, 2026, after the court found him and his company, Akonta Mining Limited, guilty on six counts
DL News
Courts
TikToker jailed one year over false claims about Mahama
The case followed videos in which Camilla falsely claimed, without evidence, that President Mahama buried 32 cows as part of rituals to win the 2024 general election.
DL News
US
Chinese tycoon jailed 30 years in US fraud case
Guo, once regarded as one of China’s richest property tycoons, was sentenced by a New York court after being convicted of racketeering, fraud and money laundering.
DL News
Crime
26-year-old JHS dropout sentenced to 15 years for robbery
Judge Festus Fovi Nukunu delivered the sentence, in accordance with Section 149 of the Criminal and Other Offenses Act (Act 29) of 190.
myjoyonline
Africa
Angolan TikToker jailed for 'insulting' President
Ana da Silva Miguel, popularly known as Neth Nahara, was initially sentenced by a court to six months in August. However, an appeals court ruled that the sentence was too lenient and raised it to two years.
BBC
General
Court rejects Akuapem Poloo’s 90-day jail appeal
Rosemond Brown, was given the 90-day jail term in which she pleaded guilty following her social media post of a nude photo with her seven-year-old son in June 2020.
DENNISLAW NEWS
Others
At least 31 inmates found dead in Ecuador prison
Officials said 27 of the inmates had been hanged, while four others were killed during armed confrontations between rival gangs in the early hours of Sunday.
DL News
Crime
Nigerian men charged over alleged sexual extortion that caused US teen's death
Using hacked social media accounts, and posing as young women the defendants are alleged to have lured American teenage and young adult males into sending nude images of themselves, which they later used to solicit money from the victims.
DL News
Crime
Two arrested for smuggling ‘marijuana, cocaine’ into Ankaful prison
Two persons have been arrested by Prison officers for attempting to smuggle marijuana and cocaine into the Ankaful prison in Cape Coast in the Central region.
DL News
US
Probation officer spared jail after hiding romantic relationship with prisoner
Leonie Wilkinson, 27, from Preston, began working at the prison in 2020 but did not disclose that she had been in a relationship with inmate Gary Hampson since 2018.
DL News
Africa
ICC sentences Ugandan rebel leader Ongwen to 25 years in prison
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier turned commander of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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US
Tupac Shakur murder: Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years in prison
Davis, 63, received the sentence on Tuesday after being convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
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