Achimota Student Jailed Over Manslaughter Appeals

The Achimota student, who was jailed three years by a Juvenile Court for shooting his friend Lily Asibete to death at Tema, has appealed against his sentence. The student, according to court processes, held that the sentence of the Juvenile Court was harsh hence the appeal. When the matter was called at an Accra High … Read more

Callousness of State Officials Killing People Everywhere In the World [Article]

QUOTE: “Grenfell Tower fire is ‘corporate manslaughter’ and arrests must be made, says LABOUR MP David Lammy ‘We should call it what it is; it’s corporate manslaughter, that’s what it is and there should be arrests made, frankly,” the Tottenham MP said. Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com … Read more

Royal Marine Alexander Blackman Gets Seven Years For Taliban Killing

A Royal Marine convicted of killing a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan has been jailed for seven years. Sgt Alexander Blackman, 42, will be freed in weeks as he has already served more than three years in jail. The sentencing came after an appeal court ruled that Blackman’s original murder conviction should be reduced to … Read more

Achimota School Student In Court For Murder

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

Rurik Jutting, British Banker, Guilty of Hong Kong Murders

British banker Rurik Jutting has been found guilty of murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, in a case that has gripped the city. A jury took around four hours to find an expressionless Jutting, who denied murder by admitted manslaughter, guilty on both counts. The mutilated bodies of Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih were … Read more