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Motorbike rider jailed 10 years for defiling five-year-old boy
The convict, 23-year-old Baffour Kwakye, entered a guilty plea partway through the proceedings, prompting the court to deliver an immediate custodial sentence.
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Man jailed four years for knife attack on senior police officer
Rashid Cidi, who is unemployed, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court and pleaded guilty to a charge of causing harm.
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Kumasi 'Aboboyaa' rider jailed three years for CCTV-captured shop theft
Emmanuel Asamoah, 22, pleaded guilty before the Asokwa Circuit Court after admitting he repeatedly withdrew cash from the shop of Madam Ama Kyerewaa
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Driver imprisoned 30 months for stealing cables worth GH¢37,600
The court, presided over by relief judge Mrs Akosua Anokyewaa Adjepong, also imposed a GH¢3,000 fine—equivalent to 250 penalty units—and directed the convict, Eric Oppong, to pay GH¢37,000 in compensation to the property owner.
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Saudi-US dual national jailed over critical tweets returns to Florida
Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 75-year-old retired engineer with dual US and Saudi citizenship, arrived back in Florida this week, his family confirmed.
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Gabon court jails former first lady, ex-president’s son for 20 years over corruption
The verdict, delivered late on Tuesday night, also imposed a fine of 100 million CFA francs ($177,000; £135,000) on both defendants.
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Court fines father and son GH¢2,400.00 for stealing, assault
The convicts — Kingsley Kofi Kumi, 54, and his 20-year-old son, Kingsley Abeka, a trader — pleaded not guilty to the charges of stealing, causing unlawful damage, and assault, but were found guilty after a full trial.
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Court jails refuse collector 10 years for attempting to rob US diplomat's iphones
Aminu, who used a toy gun during the attempted robbery, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted robbery and was convicted on his own plea by Mr. Jojo Hagan, the presiding judge.
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Lebanon frees Gaddafi's son after decade in detention
Gaddafi, now 49, had been held since 2015 on accusations of withholding information about the disappearance of prominent Lebanese Shia cleric Musa al-Sadr.
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Deportation of Indian-origin man wrongly jailed for 43 years stayed by US court
Mr Vedam, who was exonerated in October 2025 after new evidence cleared him of the 1983 killing of his former roommate, now faces a new legal battle—deportation to India
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Court jails businessman for stealing 277 cartons of empty bottles
The bottles were meant for packaging moringa snuff, a herbal medicine produced by his employer, Abdul Mumuni Ahmed.
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Two remanded over robbery, murder of 15-year-old housekeeper at Aduman
The suspects — Sani Abacha (28) and Asante Eric (23) — were arraigned before the Kodie Magistrate Court on October 28, 2025
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Cape Coast court jails fisherman 10 years for defiling 13-year-old girl
According to a statement from the Central Regional Police Command issued on October 29, 2025, the offence occurred on October 16, 2025, when the accused lured the victim into a ghetto and committed the act, which was captured in a viral vid...
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Trump appeals hush-money conviction, citing presidential immunity
Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign.
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Self-styled prophetess imprisoned 5 years for stealing
The convict, Ama Salifu, who also works as a trader, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing and was convicted on her own plea by the court, presided over by Mrs. Gloria Mensah Bonsu.
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Top Liverpool solicitor rebuked over £37,000 payments to prisoners
Experienced solicitor Chris Topping, a consultant with Liverpool firm Jackson Lees Group, authorised his firm’s finance team to make 21 separate payments coming to £37,640, according to a Solicitors Regulation Authority decision notice.
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Offinso court jails three 75 years for armed robbery
The Offinso Circuit Court, presided over by Paul Oduro Esq., sentenced Nasiru Abdul-Malik (22), Solomon Kwaku Annor Clinton (23), and Hakeem Ibrahim (20) after they pleaded guilty to robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.
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Labourer remanded for stealing five mobile phones worth GH¢35,700
Mensah, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing, is expected to reappear before presiding judge Jephthah Appau on October 3, 2025.
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Togo president’s sister-in-law arrested after opposing family rule
Over recent months, Gnakadé has published articles urging Gnassingbé to step aside for “a peaceful, inclusive, and national transition,” while also voicing her support for ongoing demonstrations.
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Australian woman jailed for life over deadly mushroom lunch
The 50-year-old was convicted in July after an 11-week trial of murdering her former in-laws Don and Gail Patterson, along with Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, by serving them beef Wellington pastries laced with poisonous fungi in July 20...
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