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Wife of ex-Malaysian PM gets 10 years jail for bribery
Rosmah Mansor was found guilty on three charges of soliciting and receiving bribes to help a company win a 1.25bn ringgit project ($279m, £240m).
The Star
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German court sentences ISIL member to 10 years in prison
Monday’s conviction of Jennifer Wenisch, 30, by Munich’s Higher Regional Court marked one of the first court rulings anywhere in the world on ISIL’s persecution of the Yazidi community.
ALJAZEERA NEWS
Europe
Woman who killed her abusive husband goes on trial for murder in France
This year alone, 43 women have lost their lives at the hands of their partners or husbands, according to advocacy group “Feminicides par compagnon ou ex,”
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Supreme Court News
Are laws barring electoral offence convicts from voting constitutional?-Supreme Court to decide April 22
This stems from a case file by a lawyer and human rights activist, Fred Akwetey, who is asking the Supreme Court to strike down provisions of Ghana’s electoral law that bar people convicted of electoral offences from registering to vote or...
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Others
China gives Australian writer suspended death sentence
Dr Yang has denied working as a spy for Australia or the US, with letters to family and supporters sent from jail further denying any wrongdoing.
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Africa
Senegal court extends opposition leader’s jail term
Ousmane Sonko - who was found guilty of defaming the country's tourism minister - received a two-month suspended sentence in March
BBC
Africa
Zimbabwe: Cop jailed 10 years for stealing aluminium cables
Samson Murire will endure the next 10 years behind bars after his application challenging conviction and sentence was trashed by a High Court.
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Africa
Why Hushpuppi should spend at least 11 years in jail - U.S. government
The U.S. government wants Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering in July 2021, jailed for 135 months.
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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 Nigeria
General
Parliament passes Community Service Bill to reduce prison overcrowding
The new law introduces community service as a non-custodial sentencing option for persons convicted of specified categories of offences.
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General
Sedina Tamakloe not under house arrest, says Kwakye Ofosu
Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story on Wednesday, June 17, he said reports suggesting that she had been moved to a private residence were false.
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Supreme Court News
Chief Justice warns long jail terms can fuel overcrowding, weaken reformation
He made the comments during a courtesy call on the management of the Ghana Prisons Service in Accra, where discussions focused on sentencing, remand pressures and the broader strain on custodial facilities
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Courts
Tamale Circuit Court sentences five to various fines for drug offences
The offenders—Iddrisu Fidaws, Alhassan Wumpini, Bassit Iddrisu, Alhassan Adam, and Haruna Mohammed Sadais—were apprehended by police on March 5, 2025, during a routine patrol operation in Tamale.
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Courts
Canadian girls’ case: Four kidnappers convicted, sentenced to 40 years in prison
On June 4, 2019, a gang accosted two Canadian ladies, who had hired the services of an Uber ride at their hostel at Nhyiaeso, a suburb of Kumasi, assaulted them and forced them into a vehicle amid shooting.
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Africa
South African jailed 43 years by US Court for multiple child pornography convictions
Andrian Page, who pleaded guilty on June 19, 2019, would be serving 43 years in prison, followed by 10 years on supervised release after the completion of his prison term.
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Europe
Road-blocking protestors could be jailed for a year under new UK law
Under the new laws, it will be illegal for activists to lock or glue themselves to buildings with those that do facing a maximum penalty of six months in prison and an unlimited fine.
Euronews
General
Former Prisons Director suggests name change of Ghana Prisons Service to Correctional Service
The former Director-General of the Prison Service says the name change will enable prisoners transform in a way that will make them properly integrated into society.
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US
U.S. hands former Tijuana drug cartel boss to Mexico
Arellano Felix cartel smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars in narcotics
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Courts
Chief ordered to pay GH¢90,000 over illegal sale of family land
The sentence was delivered on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, by Simon Nketiah Gagah, the presiding judge of the Nsuta Circuit Court in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region.
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Courts
Full Judgment: Why Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged Ex-MASLOC CEO of the 10-year jail sentence
The appellate court held that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against her beyond reasonable doubt. In its 94-page judgment, the court also faulted the trial judge’s approach to the case, holding that the presumption of innocence...
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