Crime

Scrap dealer jailed for stabbing security man

The Tema Circuit Court 'B' has sentenced a 27-year-old scrap dealer and herbal medicine peddler, Abdulai Sanusi, to three years imprisonment in hard labour...

Bizarre! Woman murdered and her corpse sexually assaulted by assailants in Ashanti region

Two suspects are in police custody for allegedly raping the dead body of a 36-year-old woman, after she was murdered in her home at...

Ofankor tenant murder: Prosecution tenders 47 live cartridges retrieved from accused landlord

State Prosecutors have through the Police at Mile 7 Police Station tendered in 47 live cartridges as evidence retrieved from the residence of Victor...

Driver’s mate jailed for squandering sales worth GH¢17,500

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 21-year-old driver’s mate to one and a half years in prison for stealing GH¢17,500 at Lashibi in...

2 customers inflict cutlass wounds on fishmonger over GH¢6

The Akyem Ofoase District Police Command has initiated a search for two individuals accused of attacking a fishmonger with a cutlass.The incident reportedly occurred...

Popular radio station manager robbed

Manager of Takoradi-based Empire FM, Enoch Asare, aka Feeling Daddy has reportedly been attacked and robbed in the United Kingdom (UK).The incident occurred...

One killed; two in critical condition as robbers attack Police band

A civilian employee with the Police Band in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Capital has reportedly been shot dead after they were attacked by armed...

Man jailed 30 years over Prof Benneh’s murder 

A mason apprentice, Ebenezer Kwayisi, has been sentenced to 30 years imprisonment by the Accra High Court for his role in the murder of former...

Motor rider faces a week in jail for crossing red traffic light, fined GH¢240

A motor rider, Abubakar Sani, could serve a week custodial sentence after being convicted by the Kaneshie District Court for traffic offences.The convict was...

J.B Danquah’s murder: Sexy Dondon to open defence, court acquits second accused person

An Accra High Court hearing the murder case of J.B. Danquah Adu, late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, has acquitted and discharged Vincent...

Kikibee CEO’s death: Girlfriend discharged by court

Mam Yandey Joof, who is standing trial over the death of  Benett Agyekum Adomah alias Kikibee, has been discharged by the Madina District Court. Joof, a...

Produce evidence of death and cremation of Chinese illegal mining suspects – Court orders Prosecutor

Magistrate of the Sefwi Wiawso District Court, Eric Baah Boateng has ordered Chief Inspector George Asante Noye, a prosecutor in a case of the...

Ex-police officers sentenced to nearly 20 years in Mississippi torture case

Two former Mississippi police officers have been sentenced to a total of 37 years for their role in torturing two black men in their...

Kikibee CEO’s death: Court discharges girlfriend

Mam Yandey Joof, who is standing trial over the death of Benett Agyekum Adomah alias Kikibee, has been discharged by the Madina District Court.Joof, a hotelier and girlfriend of...

JB Danquah’s murder: I lost my marriage because of my son – Mother of accused

Madam Juliet, the mother of Vincent Bossu, the second accused person who was acquitted and discharged in the murder of the late Abuakwa North...

Murder of Prof. Adu Boahen’s son: Police arrest one suspect

The Ghana Police Service has arrested Mark Forson, a suspect in connection with the murder of son of the late Ghanaian celebrated historian, Professor Albert...

Armed robbers kill son of Professor Adu Boahen

Armed robbers are reported to have attacked and killed the son of the late Ghanaian celebrated historian, Professor Albert Adu Boahen.The deceased, identified as...

Highway robber killed in gun battle with police; others on the run

The police in Banda Nkwanta have killed one armed robber.According to the police situational report, the police received information that there was...

Police arrest suspect for personation and possession of police uniform unlawfully

The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect identified as Hassan Avorgah for personation and possession of a Police uniform without lawful authority.The culprit...

Prisons Service on manhunt for Chinese escapee

The Ghana Prisons Service says it is pursuing a Chinese convict who escaped from custody after luring two prison officers with a KFC meal...

Fake policeman who dragged suspect to station arrested

The Nima District Police Command on March 17, 2024, arrested a young man identified as Hassan Avorgah, 24, on charges of deceiving a public...

Four robbers sentenced to 20- years imprisonment each

Four robbers, Prosper Amegashie, Jamel Ahmed, Bilal Mohammed, and Martin Victor Agba, have each been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for robbing an okada...

Thousands of fake passports, driver’s licenses, other national IDs uncovered

The technical partners of the National Identification Authority (NIA), in charge of producing the Ghana card, have uncovered thousands of fake national IDs.According...

Scrap dealer denied bail over alleged stabbing of security guard

A 27-year-old scrap dealer and herbal medicine peddler, Abdulai Sanusi, has been denied bail by the Tema Circuit Court ‘B’ for allegedly stabbing Vincent...

Court remands three persons who assaulted fire officers on duty

The Kwadaso Circuit Court has remanded three persons into Police custody for allegedly attacking and assaulting fire officers on duty at the Race Course...

Court issues arrest warrant for woman who allegedly insulted Okyenhene

The Ayensuano District Court in Coaltar has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Gertrude Oppong for disobeying an order to appear...

Four busted by EOCO over sophisticated mobile money and sim swap fraud

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested four people allegedly involved in a "sophisticated mobile money and sim swap fraud scheme."EOCO...

Boy, 8, escapes kidnap, suspected ritual killing at Kasoa

An eight-year-old class five pupil has been rescued from 'sakawa' boys at Kasoa Blue Top in Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region....

Man arrested for allegedly stealing rental car

The Achimota Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 33-year-old man for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla worth GH¢100,000 from a car rental...

Policeman allegedly mutilates woman’s ear with pliers 

The Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has condemned an alleged incident involving a police officer stationed at Tema Community 8, said to have cut off...

Court to start trial of three accused of embezzling church’s credit union cash

An Accra Circuit Court will on March 18, 2024, begin the trial of three persons accused of embezzling GH₵382,221 depositors’ funds of a church’s credit union.The accused...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing rental car

The Achimota Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 33-year-old man for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla worth GH₵100,000 from a car rental company in Accra.Andrew...

Attempted murder: My former guard shot at me, tied my wife to toilet seat – Witness tells jury

Businessman, Emmanuel Amoah Quartey has told the High Court in Accra and the jury how his former security guard stormed their house, tied his...

CCTV exposes prison officers aiding a Chinese prisoner’s escape

Two prison officers have appeared in an Accra Circuit Court on charges of assisting Wang Xiao, a Chinese convicted prisoner at Nsawam Medium Prison,...

JB Danquah’s trial: Ursula Owusu’s name pops up in court

Ablekuma West Member of Parliament (MP) Ursula Owusu-Ekuful was the subject matter of defence lawyers' cross-examination of the investigator on Monday in the ongoing...

Ashanti Region: Five arrested for attacking Fire Service officers at racecourse

Police in the Ashanti Region have apprehended five people in connection with an alleged assault on fire officers responding to a fire outbreak at...

CEO in court over alleged fraud

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Northern Youth for Peace and Development, Prince Nardi Adams, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding...

4 students of Comboni arrested for vandalising property at SOGASCO [Photos]

Four students of Comboni Vocational Technical School have been arrested by the Sogakofe District Police Command for allegedly vandalizing the main gate of Sogakope...

Ashaiman: Victims of military brutality demand adoption of committee report

About 250 victims of the military brutality which occurred in Ashaiman are asking parliament to adopt the report of the Committee on Defence and...

Fisherman, 54, allegedly impregnates 14-year-old girl

A 54-year-old fisherman at Eikwe-Krisan in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region is on the run after allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old...