The Auditor-General on Friday reminded all public office holders of their responsibility to declare their assets and liabilities in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution. This was in a statement signed by Reverend Joseph Kingsley Ghunney, the Director of Public Affairs, Audit Service of Ghana. It said “public officers are to take notice … Read more
Chinese police and prosecutors are banned from using torture to obtain evidence under rules released Tuesday, in the latest attempt to curb forced confessions in the country’s criminal justice system. Confessions obtained through torture, threats and illegal detention are inadmissable in court, the Supreme Court said on its website. The aim is to “accurately punish … Read more
The Marwako restaurant supervisor, who is alleged to have dipped the face of a female worker into pepper, claims that any eye complication that the victim might have had is as a result of cutting onions. According to Jihad Chaaban, he saw the victim, Evelyn Boakye, crying and when he asked her what was wrong, … Read more
A Circuit Court in Accra has ordered two Ghanaian celebrities David Dontoh, and Nat Brew Amandzeba, to open their defence in a case in which they are alleged to have stolen GHs93,000 cedis belonging to Africa Awake. The money, according to the prosecution, is part of some GHs150,000 cedis donated by Ghana’s late President, Professor John … Read more
Prosecution was unable to produce their next witness in the matter in which Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Founder of God’s Way International Church and two of his pastors are being tried for abusing two teenagers. According to prosecution they have not been able to summon the witness who is a medical officer to appear to … Read more
Evidence (even false evidence) beats truth if truth has no evidence And so I am probably going to disappoint myself and several other people with what I am going to write about the Kumasi Delta discharge. But my head must speak on this matter, and not my heart. I can remember the several times that … Read more
Respected lawyer Ace Anan Ankomah has waded into the controversy surrounding the discharge of the eight Delta Force members, saying there is nothing the attorney general can do in the matter under the circumstances. According to him, until the Police is able to find evidence of guilt against any of the suspects, the AG cannot … Read more
State Attorney Marie Louise-Simmons has explained why she advised that the charges preferred against eight members of pro-NPP vigilante group Delta Force be dropped for want of evidence. Read her reasons below: Read her opinion on the evidence provided below From the docket, the incident occurred inside the KMA Circuit Court room. The evidence suggests … Read more
A second prosecution witness expected to testify in the case in which Akua Donkor, founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) and failed presidential hopeful – has dragged four persons, including her driver, to court for robbery, did not turn up. The witness, who was third time absent, left Akua as the sole witness to … Read more
Police in central China’s Henan province have issued a rare statement admitting that some officers may have tortured a suspect who died under detention, local media reported Tuesday. “On March 12, 2017, a suspect died while our bureau’s criminal investigation squad was handling a case of a telecommunications fraud ring,” Wenxian county police said on … 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
The Economic and Financial Court on Monday conducted in camera the hearing of the case of 35 former employees of the National Service Scheme (NSS) implicated in an alleged massive fraud of the scheme. This was after the court upheld prosecution’s prayer that, the witness who was to testify had received various threats on his … Read more
The latest development on Wisa’s case of Indecent exposure, is that court has given prosecution on the case the last opportunity to provide its witness to testify in the case. The Court stated that, “if the prosecution witness fails to turn up, it would close the case of the prosecution.” According to reports, the prosecutor, … Read more
The actor says not everyone can give a testimony at church Award winning g actor Kwaku Manu has revealed that his first time he flew on a plane lead him to give a testimony at church. According to him, not everyone can take bold decision to give a testimony at church. He said this in … Read more