Crime

PHOTOS: Sheep roasted in BMW after thieves escape possible lynching

An attempt by two sheep thieves to steal from a flock at the Kumasi Abattoir in the Ashanti region went bad as the BMW...

Armed robbers shoot two watchdog committee members at Elmina

Suspected armed robbers have shot and injured two volunteer watchdog committee members at Elmina Zongo in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) District of...

Caretaker gets 10 years for abetment

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a caretaker, who assisted three armed robbers, now at large, to rob a nurse of her handbag containing...

Spiritualist jailed over sexual exorcism of girl, 14

A Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern region has jailed a Spiritualist, Kofi Asiedu, popularly known as Mallam Isaah for 17 years after...

Anal sex with minors – Man gets 13 years

A 39-year old house help has been handed down a 13 year jail term by an Accra Circuit Court for having anal sex with...

Two armed robbers jailed 30 years

A Wa High Court presided over by Justice Kwesi Berkwie has convicted two armed robbers to 15 years imprisonment each for robbery at Sakalu...

TTI student,19, stabbed to death by girlfriend

A 19-year-old student of the Takoradi Technical Institute (TTI), Emmanuel Asante has allegedly been stabbed to death by his girlfriend. The deceased, a second year...

Court slaps 5-months jail term on 2 illegal miners

A circuit court at Bekwai in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region has sentenced two illegal miners to five months imprisonment. They were convicted...

Ex-convict jailed 10 years over marijuana

An ex-convict caught with 205 grams of marijuana has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Juaso Circuit Court. Samuel Gidisu,...

Mother of 3, gets 5 years for stabbing rival to death

The Sekondi High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Edward Amoako Asante, has sentenced a 31-year-old woman to five years’ imprisonment for killing her...

Pastor arrested for ‘ritual’ killing

Police at Denu in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region have arrested 44-year old Pastor Felix Banfo for allegedly murdering 43-year old...

Boy, 19, jailed for defiling 10-year-old girl

A 10-year-old class five Pupil of St. Mary’s Preparatory School in Koforidua in the Eastern region has been painfully defiled by a 19-year-old unemployed...

PHOTO: 'Rapist' pastor arrested

A 20-year-old self-styled pastor, who is said to have drugged and raped two women at Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South District of the...

Police hunt for ‘serial fraudster’ in Kumasi market stalls allocation

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is on manhunt for one Kwakye said to be leading a group of suspected criminals to be extorting monies...

PHOTOS: Court sentences man for assaulting ECG staff

The Dzodze Magistrate Court, presided over by Mr Lawrence Buernor Buer, on November 13, 2017, sentenced a Primary 4 pupil teacher, Mac-Billy Ani, to...

Driver, 19, jailed 8 years for kidnapping and defiling girl, 13

The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ has sentenced a 19-year-old Driver to eight years imprisonment for kidnapping and defiling a 13-year-old girl for one month. The...

Revealed: More accountants forge Bank of Ghana stamp

It has emerged that some four accountants at the Western regional branch of the Nurses and Midwifery Council also forged stamps of the Bank...

Woman jailed for 'selling' her own son

A middle-aged woman has been slapped with 12 months imprisonment with hard labour by a Magistrate Court in Dambai for trafficking her 8-year-old son. The...

Two unemployed friends bag 15-year prison term each

Two unemployed friends who attacked and robbed a trader and her granddaughter of a mobile phone, handbag and eighty Ghana cedis have been slapped with...

Audio: Pastor jailed for fraud

New Edubase Magistrate Court in the Adansi south District of Ashanti Region has sentenced a pastor to nine months imprisonment on a charge of...

Two Tamale University students arrested over Pastor’s murder

Two male students of the Tamale Technical University have been arrested by police in the Northern regional capital on suspicion of robbing and killing...

Hot Audio+Photos: Man kills wife for denying him sex

A man believed to be in his 40s has allegedly murdered his wife, Akosua in cold blood for denying him sex in Yeji in...

Security man jailed 15 years for GH¢1.5 million ATM theft

A private security man at the center of a GH¢1.5 million ATM theft at the Takoradi Market Circle branch of the GCB Bank has...

Man sentenced to eight years imprisonment over theft

A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mr. John Ekow Mensah, has sentenced a 19-year-old man to eight years imprisonment over theft. Bernard Ephraim, alias...

Electrician jailed two years for forging VRA/NEDC document

A 28-year old electrician, Awal Mohammed, has been jailed 2 years for forging the Volta River Authority/ Northern Electrification Distribution Company  (VRA/NEDCO) letter. The criminal...

Hot Audio: Soldier arrested for extortion

The Enchi Police Command in the Western region has arrested a military officer from the Burma Camp in Accra for alleged extortion. The suspect, Corporal...

Carpenter in court for breaking girlfriend’s arm

A carpenter and his brother have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for beating and breaking the arm of one Halimatu Sadia at...

Amputee in prison for inflicting cutlass wounds on teacher

A 41-year-old amputee farmer, who inflicted cutlass wounds on the forehead of a teacher due to a misunderstanding over electricity bill, has been remanded...

Two robbers jump to their death

A daring escape bid by two suspected robbers in handcuffs - jumping from a storey building at Sepe in Kumasi, turned tragic as they...

Man stabs ex-lover for snubbing him at funeral

A 38-year-old man has been hurled before a court for stabbing his ex-lover after she snubbed him at a funeral. The accused, Daniel Nunoo, who...

Hot Audio+Photo: Woman gang raped, killed at Kasoa

A 45-year-old woman has been reportedly raped and killed at Kasoa Downtown  in the Central region. The deceased, Yaa Boatemaa was on her way to...

Security man in court for raping cook

Carlos Armah, a 24-year-old security man accused of raping a 19-year-old cook at an Osu-based restaurant, on Tuesday appeared before an Accra District Court. Armah,...

Police arrest amputee for attacking teacher at Akyem Maase

The Akyem Tafo District Police Command has arrested Kwasi Essimeng John, an Amputee farmer who attacked and allegedly inflicted cutlass wound on a teacher...

Man in trouble over GH¢78,000 theft

A man arrested over alleged theft of items costing GHȼ78,000.00, was on Tuesday put before a Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Madam Patricia...

Man Charged For Stabbing Ex-Lover

An Accra District Court on Tuesday adjourned to November 21, the case of Daniel Nunoo, 38, who stabbed his former lover, bolted leaving her...

Police arrest man behind false terrorist attack on Accra Mall

The Police have arrested a 30 year old man behind the false terrorist attack on the Accra Mall and currently assisting in investigations. It would...

Mad man hacks brother to death

A 24-year old man, Nyeba Nakoja suspected to be mentally challenged has butchered his elder brother, Nyeba Tayome to death at Sabonjida Jamboi in...

Audio: Sunyani Technical Institute student cry over rampant armed robbery attacks

Students of Sunyani Technical University (Sunyani Poly) have raised alarm over what they termed reoccurring robbery attacks by armed men. According to them, nefarious activities...

Businesswoman charged with fraud

Isha Tenu, a businesswoman on Wednesday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding four persons of amounts totaling GHc26,600.00. Isha pleaded not guilty...

Mother, son remanded over murder

A mother and son arrested for alleged murder at Ehiamankyine, a farming community in the Fanteakwa District, have been ordered by the District Magistrate...