Search results for "Petty offences"

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Europe
Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy cleared of one count of rape as trial continues
Mendy, 28, was cleared of the rape of a 19-year-old woman in July last year at Chester Crown Court.
Sky News14 September 2022
Africa
Nigeria: 26-year-old lawyer gets five years for drug trafficking
She was said to have been attempting to export the banned substance.
The Nation7 September 2022
General
Dockets almost ready for prosecution of NAM 1, says AG Dame
"I am happy to state that after painstaking investigations, dockets on that financial crime are almost ready for prosecution to commence in earnest,”
DL News5 September 2022
General
Bantamahene calls for restoration of chiefs ‘Power of Summons’
According to him, chiefs wield much power especially in the local area thus need such power to liaise easily with the police to bring offenders to book and to deal with pertinent matters.
DL News26 August 2022
Courts
20 Ghanaian fishermen sentenced for trafficking marijuana to Nigeria
They were arrested on January 14, 2022, with 13.670kg of marijuana, aka cannabis Sativa, and arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
DL News5 August 2022
Courts
Bench warrant issued for SIC staff over GH¢332,114.00 loss to the state
Hillary Kwasi Senanu, 47, who oversaw the Institutional Payment at SIC was absent when his accomplices were arraigned on Monday, August 1, 2022.
GNA3 August 2022
Europe
Grandfather killer jailed in first TV sentencing in England and Wales
The arrival of TV cameras at the Old Bailey and other crown courts comes nine years after the move was first promised.
BBC29 July 2022
General
Justices series : Sir Arku Korsah, his work and impact on Ghana’s justice system
The man represented many things – from being a legislator to a judge, serving as Chairman of various Commissions of Inquiry, and then an intellectual who was one of the founding members of the Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences.
DL News24 June 2022
Africa
Nigerian-American surgeon jailed 27 years for fraud
The spokesperson for the Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State, in a statement said the defendants were arraigned in 2016 before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, for conspiracy and obtaining property under false pretences.
Punch Nigeria9 June 2022
Crime
Spiritualist sentenced to death in Bolgatanga for murdering wife, daughter
According to the fact case presented by Senior State Attorney, Ms. Joyce Debrah, the accused age 25, and traditional spiritualist on June 27, 2019, chopped off the heads of his wife and two daughters to appease his idols.
DL News2 June 2022
Crime
165 currently on the death row in Ghana – Amnesty Int’l Report reveals
This was revealed at a news conference to launch its Death Sentence and Execution Report.
DL News26 May 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court dismisses Opuni’s ‘no case’ suit
The Supreme Court has dismissed a motion by Stephen Kwabena Opuni in which he was invoking the original jurisdiction of the court, relative to the dismissal of his submission of no case by the High Court (Criminal Division).
DL News18 May 2022
Crime
Attempted abortion : Mother can be charged with Murder, Manslaughter if it kills child given birth to - GIMPA Lecturer
“If you attempt to abort and you fail and you deliver and the child lives for some time and dies as a result of the earlier abortion, the presumption is that, the human being who is now a person has died."
DL News13 May 2022
Courts
Court issues bench warrant against former Yendi NPP executive over forgery
He is accused to have forged the signature of former treasurer, Mohammed Mustapha and allegedly withdrew GH¢53,000 from the party’s account at the National Investment Bank branch in Yendi.
DL News12 May 2022
Crime
Kwesi Ackon Taxi driver could have been liable for stealing by keeping the GHC8400
Kwesi Ackon Taxi driver could have been liable for stealing by keeping the GHC8400
DL News11 May 2022
General
EOCO Director elected Executive Member of Anti-Corruption Institutions in Commonwealth Africa
EOCO Director elected Executive Member of Anti-Corruption Institutions in Commonwealth Africa
DL News11 May 2022
Crime
Sureties cannot be prosecuted for non fulfilment of bail bonds, penalties: Fair to victims? – Lawyer expatiates
Sureties cannot be prosecuted for non fulfillment of bail bonds, penalties: Fair to victims? – Lawyer expatiates
DL News2 May 2022
Africa
Former Guinea PM and ex-ministers face charges
Mr. Kassory served as prime minister from 2018 until President Alpha Condé was overthrown in a military coup last September.
BBC11 April 2022
Courts
Defilement: Jail term for convict reduced
The convict, Oppong Yeboah was arrested in March of 2018 for defiling a six-year-old girl.
DL News8 April 2022
Courts
Administrator who allegedly used GH¢ 1M of company funds on sport betting granted bail
The accused is said to have failed to deposit an amount of money meant to pay the company’s suppliers, and that he was also implicated during an internal audit of the firm.
DL News8 April 2022