There was heavy security presence at the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ as 12 suspects arrested in connection with Somanya riot reappeared in Court Tuesday. About 30 armed police officers mostly from the National Swat team and the Eastern regional Rapid Deployment Force Unit were present and the Anti-riot Water Cannon was also positioned at the … 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 bar attendant of the Piccadilly Restaurant, who strangulated his co-tenant and set her ablaze, has been dragged before the Abeka District Court in Accra for murder. The accused person Godwin Tetteh allegedly invited the deceased, Cindy Aidoo, 38, into his room at Alajo, a suburb of Accra and committed the act at about 2:30am … Read more
KOFORIDUA Circuit Court ‘B’ presided over by Her Honour, Mrs. Janet Animah Marfoh, has sentenced a 30-year-old man into 7 years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old pupil in a drinking spot at Jumapo, a suburb in the Eastern Region. The fact of the case presented in court by prosecutor, Chief Inspector Bernard Annor, was that the … Read more
Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ Presided over by Her Honour Mrs Janet Animah Marfoh has sentenced a 30-year old man into 7 years imprisonment for defiling a 12- year old pupil in a drinking spot at Jumapo, a suburb in the Eastern region. The fact of the case presented in Court by Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Benard … Read more
The Breman Asikuma district court on Wednesday March 28 2017 remanded three farmers into prison custody for possessing human parts at Towuboase, a farming community in the area. Suspects Akwasi Awudu 25, Bismark Botwe 20 and Donkoh stephen 22 who were charged for conspiracy to commit crime and unlawful use of human parts please not … Read more
An Accra Central District Court has remanded into police custody a houseboy who allegedly killed his master at Ofankor in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Vanwood Kofi Asante, who has been charged with murder, had his plea reserved and is supposed to reappear in the court, presided over by Ebenezer Kwaku … Read more
A 17-year-old girl, Dorcas Amanor, sustained head injuries and became unconscious after she jumped off a speeding taxi vehicle to escape from a suspected kidnapping attempt. The driver of the taxi with registration number GW 7208-12, Ali Kwame, has been arrested by the Police after he went into hiding. The driver was on Wednesday put before … Read more
The Marwako case hearing has been adjourned till 16th March, 2017. The Lebanese supervisor at the Abelemkpe Branch of Marwako Fast Food Limited, Jihad Chaaban, who allegedly assaulted a female Ghanaian worker under his supervision, has been remanded into police custody following the first hearing of the case in an Accra Magistrate Court. Jihad Chaaban … Read more
The Abeka District Court has remanded the Lebanese supervisor of Mawarko Restaurant at Abelenkpe in Accra who allegedly abused a staff with hot pepper. The court, presided over by Mrs Victoria Akua Ghansah, said Jihad Chabaan should be placed in police custody for his own safety. Chabaan who is facing three counts of offensive conduct, … Read more
An Accra magistrate court has adjourned the case involving Jihad Chaaban who has been alleged to have subjected his employee to assault by supposedly dipping her face in blended hot pepper. The case involving the state represented by Chief Inspector Hanson Armah and Lawyer for the accused, Augustine Adjei has been adjourned to February 16, … Read more
A 45-year-old man has been hauled before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter at Mepeasem, a suburb of East Legon, near Accra. Daniel Sika is alleged to have been in a sexual relationship with her daughter which eventually resulted in a pregnancy. He is also said to have forced her daughter … Read more
Afia Ansaa Ampene, the hostess of the defunct ‘Mmaa Nkommo’ talk show on Ghana Television, has been dragged before an Accra circuit court for fraud. The accused, a pensioner popularly known as Auntie Afia, is in the dock with her son, Stephen Kwabena Osei, a trader, for allegedly conspiring to defraud and defrauding by false … Read more
Afia Ansaa Ampene, the hostess of the ‘Mmaa Nkommo’ talk show on Ghana Television, has been dragged before an Accra circuit court for fraud. The accused, a pensioner popularly known as Auntie Afia, is in the dock with her son, Stephen Kwabena Osei, a trader, for allegedly conspiring to defraud and defrauding by false pretences … Read more
The magistrate handling the case in which two policemen have been accused of killing the driver of a bullion van at Maame Krobo in the Eastern Region has lashed out at the Attorney–General’s Department for delaying cases at the court. Mr Stephen Owusu was particularly not happy about the long period used by the A-G’s … Read more
TWO men have been put before the court in Koforidua for fighting over a pregnancy, leading to a stab. The two accused persons are Mawuli Debrah, 42, a spinner, and Tahiru Ahmed, 33, a driver. Presenting the facts of the case before a Koforidua Circuit Court, Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Bernard Annor, explained that the two accused … Read more
Two men have been put before the court in Koforidua for fighting over a pregnancy, leading to a stab. The two accused persons are Mawuli Debrah, 42, a spinner, and Tahiru Ahmed, 33, a driver. Presenting the facts of the case before a Koforidua Circuit Court, the Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Bernard Annor explained that the … Read more
A 43-year-old barber Peter Baffuor has been jailed for a month and fined Gh¢120 for smoking marijuana as “medicine” to fight asthma. He will spend extra two months in jail if he defaults in paying the fine. The convict was sentenced on his own plea after he was charged with the offence in court on … Read more
Girlfriends and Family members of suspected robbers arrested by the Eastern Regional Police command burst into tears Wednesday Morning when the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘A’ presided over by Her Honour Mrs. Janet Anim Marfo esq refused plea by counsels for the accused persons, and remanded them into Prison custody. Family members and friends of the … Read more
A 67 year old old man, John Akanah has been put before Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ for allegedly defiling a thirteen (13) year old Class four pupil of an Islamic Primary School in Koforidua in the Eastern region. The accused person who was allegedly arrested red handed in the act, however pleaded not guilty to … Read more