A High Court in Accra has remanded into prison custody Aisha Huang, the Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining, and four other Chinese nationals till May 23, 2017. The court said it could not trust that Aisha and the four other Chinese nationals would make themselves available to immigration authorities if released on … Read more
Seven persons on remand at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison were yesterday set free under the “Justice For All Programme” (JFAP), an initiative meant to decongest the country’s prisons. One of those set free spent 11 years on remand for alleged robbery with the trial yet to commence at the law court. The young man, … Read more
As part of efforts to decongest the prisons, three judges Friday sat at the Nsawam Prison and heard the cases of some inmates who have been on remand for years. The Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, the Danish Ambassador and the Director of Public Prosecutions were also in the prisons as the CJ … Read more
The five Chinese and their Ghanaian counterparts arrested in March 2017 for mining illegally on River Ankobra at Dawule in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, abused Ghana’s immigration laws, a Senior State Attorney George Sackey has said. According to the State Attorney, the Chinese made false representation contrary to section 23 (1) … Read more
Proceedings at the Ashaiman circuit court was Monday halted for two hours after a-19-year old accused person who was to appear before it eased and smeared himself with the faeces in the holding cell. Rashid Agbo, who is being held on robbery charges, was believed to have done that to present himself as a deranged … Read more
They were convicted to a fine of 200 penalty units each and a bond to be of good behaviour The Kumasi Circuit Court Four, presided over by John Ekwow Mensah has pardoned the 13 members of the Delta Force for their actions at the KMA Circuit Court on April 6 2017. The accused persons who … Read more
A Kumasi circuit court has denied bail to eight persons arrested for storming the facility last Thursday and freeing 13 members of the militant group, Delta Force. The 13 members of the group that is affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had been standing trial for attacking the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator. The eight … Read more
A Kumasi circuit court has denied bail to eight persons arrested for storming the facility last Thursday and freeing 13 members of the militant group, Delta Force. The 13 members of the group that is affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had been standing trial for attacking the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator. The eight … Read more
Six prisoners who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences were freed last Friday by the special court that sat at the prison under the ‘Justice for All Project.’ The six were cautioned to be of good behaviour by the judges before being discharged. Eighteen other prisoners on remand were … Read more
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a special court sitting Friday at the Prisons, the six were cautioned to be of good behaviour by the judges before being discharged, … Read more
Six persons who were being held on remand at the Sekondi Prison for various offences have been discharged under the Justice For All programme that seeks to decongest the country’s prisons. At a special court sitting Friday at the Prisons, the six were cautioned to be of good behaviour by the judges before being discharged, … Read more
A man who had been on remand for five months for possessing a roll of cannabis popularly called ‘weed’ has been discharged under the Justice For all Programme, Friday. Kwame Esun, 28, was arrested in a town close to Sekondi on November 17, 2016 in possession of cannabis and has been on remand since then. … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Abena Oppong Argine Doku has acquitted and discharged Queenie Akuffo on the charge of having unnatural canal knowledge of a 22-year-old Janet Amankwah. The court also acquitted and discharged her on the charge of indecent assault. Queenie last year was arraigned before the court on the charge of … Read more
Trying to avoid costly prosecutions and long prison sentences for the accused, plea bargains are commonplace in the United States. But what if the defendant is given bad legal advice to plead guilty, eliminating their constitutional right to a jury trial? The Supreme Court was weighing that issue Tuesday, in the case of a South … Read more
Victim of alleged assault at Marwako restaurant has explained how her supervisor Ghanaian-born Lebanese Jihad Chabaan allegedly assaulted her by stashing her face inside a blender containing pepper and other ingredients. At an Accra Magistrate Court where there was an engaging cross-examination Monday, Evelyn Boakye told the court the blender was not big enough so … Read more
A black man named Ulysses Charles was wrongfully identified by three female rape victims in Boston as their attacker and spent 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA tests. In America, tragic judicial errors like this are not simply random: African Americans are much more often the victim of such mistakes than whites, … Read more
29-yerar-old electrician, who is accused of allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl at Amrahia near Adenta in Accra, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. His lawyer, Noah Asamany, pleaded for bail for his client, saying that at the right time they will prove their innocence. Prosecuting, Detective Inspector Kofi Atimbire said the investigator in the … Read more
The 29 foreigners arrested for illegally mining in the Atiwa Forest reserve have been infected with rashes suspected to be Chickenpox at the Koforidua Prisons where they are on remand . Counsel for the accused persons,Lawyer Adu Nyarko on Friday told the Koforidua Circuit Court presided over by Her Honour (Mrs) Mercy Adei Kotei after … Read more
The Attorney General’s Department is yet to assign a schedule officer to the case of three persons, allegedly involved in the robbery of a GCB Bank bullion van at Mame Krobo in the Eastern Region. Detective Sergeant Devine Tornu, investigator of the case made this known when he followed up to the Attorney General’s office … Read more
A third-year student of Achimota Senior High School has appeared before an Accra District Court for allegedly shooting a female colleague with his father’s single barrel gun at Tema. The accused aged 17 is said to have gone for his father’s gun under a bed with the intent of shooting in the air but ended … Read more