Courts
Driver jailed 4 years for stealing pharmacist’s taxi
In addition to his prison sentence, Appiah was fined GH¢2,400, failure to pay the fine would result in an additional 12 months of hard labor.
GNA
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court dismisses lawyer's Certiorari application against KATH
The Court also ordered him to pay a cost of GH¢20,000 for wasting its time.
DL News
Courts
Why Bolt holdings OU has been ordered to pay GHC 1.9 M damages to ride user
Justice Noah Adade, who is a lecturer, booked the hail riding service on August 1, 2022 only to find his photograph and details being the driver who responded to pick him.
DL News
Crime
University student jailed for defrauding woman on fake admission promise
Frank Anderson Junior pleaded guilty and appealed to the court to give him time to refund the money, however, the Court presided over by Madam Josephine Fosua Appiah, convicted him on his own plea and sentenced him accordingly.
GNA
Courts
Father, son sentenced for conspiracy, trespass and stealing teak trees
The convicts, who appeared before the court, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
GNA
General
Teacher’s admission of “chopping” GH₵15,000 unearned salary sparks laughter at PAC
Mr Emmanuel Samson, a Principal Superintendent of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Gomoa West District, confessed that he was aware that he had been overpaid, receiving GH₵46,735.09 instead of the GH₵30,763.71 he was due.
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Courts
No new judgment against Ghana as AG clarifies Trafigura debt
This clarification follows reports that a District of Columbia Court ordered the Ghanaian government to pay over $111 million, plus post-judgment interest, in favor of the Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC).
DL News
General
19 pubs, others fined GH¢475,000 for flouting public smoking law
The facilities including pubs, night clubs, and recreational centres located in Greater Accra and Central Regions were sanctioned to pay GH¢25,000 each.
theghanaiantimes
Courts
Marwako to pay GH₵1m to three siblings over 2022 food poisoning saga
The amount forms part of reliefs awarded to three plaintiffs who took on the company in court after the 2022 food poisoning saga.
myjoyonline
Crime
Soldier jailed, fined for beating wife
Richmond Kweku Lutterodt’s wife (name withheld) informed him that one Francis Atasi had come to the house urging him (Lutherodt) to expediate processes in his recruitment into the Ghana Armed Forces.
GNA
Courts
Achimota School negligently caused death of student-High Court declares
As a result, the court ordered the defendants; Mr. Danso, the Achimota Secondary School Board of Governors, and the Office of the Attorney-General to pay GH¢400,000 in general damages, GH¢200,000 for loss of expectation of life.
Richard Osei Boateng
Crime
Tamale: Man jailed 6 months over illegal power connection
Presiding over the case, His Worship Justice Derrick Annan also imposed a fine of 500 penalty units, equivalent to GHS 6,000, to be paid to the state.
myjoyonline
General
PURC fines ECG, Board members hefty penalties over compliance failures
The penalties come after ECG failed to honour requests for data by the PURC on three consecutive occasions.
DL News
Crime
Fake military officer arrested by Nkwanta South Police
The suspect is said to have taken the fake soldier’s identity to a local chop bar in town after engaging the services of a commercial motorbike rider (okada) for hours.
GNA
Africa
Sextortion case: Two arrested in Nigeria after Australian boy's suicide
Australian police say the teenage victim had traded explicit images with a person online before they began making threats and demanding money.
BBC
Crime
Businessman in trouble over alleged GH¢1,780,000 fraud
Nana Bentil is accused of defrauding by false pretences and selling cars worth GH¢1,780,000.00 to his customers without the consent of the owners.
theghanaiantimes
General
We must consider exceptions to the general rule on charging legal fees – Lawyer
The Ghana Bar Association has established fees that clients are expected to pay its members based on the type of case and the years of experience a lawyer has among other factors.
myjoyonline
US
Ariana Grande to pay ex-husband $1.25m in divorce settlement
A Los Angeles Superior Court judgment on Tuesday finalised the split between the 30-year-old pop star and the 28-year-old real estate broker.
BBC
Others
Cristiano Ronaldo suspended for one match after 'obscene gesture'
The former Manchester United player - whose salary in Saudi Arabia is rumoured to be upwards of £160m a year - has also been ordered to pay a fine.
Sky News
Europe
UK: Solicitor fined for failing to spot cyber fraud
A British solicitor was fined by the country's Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for inappropriate handling of a fraudulent payment as part of a conveyancing cyber scam.
The Law Society