The Abelenkpe Branch Supervisor of Marwako Fast Food, Jihad Chabaan, has been handed a one-year prison sentence for “maltreating” an employee. The judgement was delivered on Wednesday by magistrate Victoria Ghansah. Lawyers of Mr Chabaan had delayed judgement last Wednesday after claiming having reached an out-of-court settlement with the employee in question, Evelyn Boakye, whose … Read more
Three British men have gone on trial in Singapore today accused of gang-raping a 23-year-old woman while visiting the city-state for a stag party. Khong Tam Thanh, 22, Le Michael, 24, and Vu Thai Son, 24, face up to 20 years in jail and a caning if found guilty of assaulting the Malaysian woman while … Read more
Opponents to embattled amateur boxing chief Wu Ching-Kuo have begun legal proceedings in an attempt to seize control of ruling body the AIBA, executive committee member Pat Fiacco told AFP on Tuesday. “We’ve contacted a court in Lausanne so that the running of the AIBA be handed over to the interim executive committee,” the Canadian … Read more
One of Myanmar’s most prominent investigative journalists was granted bail on Monday after being charged with insulting a Buddhist monk who praised the killer of a Muslim government lawyer. Police detained Swe Win at Yangon airport on Sunday evening as he tried to fly to Bangkok, claiming that he might evade a defamation charge leveled … Read more
A South African policeman present when an anti-apartheid operative plunged to his death more than 40 years ago insisted on Monday that the victim had jumped to his death. But the judge hearing the inquest into the death of Ahmed Timol warned him that he could face prosecution based on the court’s findings and his … Read more
The former deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor’s house was raided by some personnel from the Police service and National Security on Friday morning in connection with the 2015 AMERI deal. Two of the police men effecting the raid were reported to have been armed with AK 47 assault rifles. They were in search of documents related … Read more
A legal practitioner, Mr Kwasi Afrifa, has been suspended for four years by the General Legal Council (GLC) for professional misconduct. His suspension, according to a statement published on the GLC’s website, started on July 27, 2017. “The licence of Lawyer Kwasi Afrifa to practise for the next four (4) years is hereby withdrawn forthwith,” … Read more
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when … Read more
Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak has condemned the raiding of the home of former Minister of Power, John Jinapor by some security operatives. “To just run into their homes with guns…. Some of them have young ones… What kind of impression are you creating? I do not think that is right,” Mr. Muntaka said on … Read more
Some members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have urged the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to probe what happened in court on June 13, 2017 concerning the university to redeem its image. According to them, the recent court injunction slapped on the university was bastardising and … Read more
Deputy Minister of Power under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, John Jinapor had his residence searched by some personnel from the Ghana Police Service as part of the investigations into the AMERI deal. John Jinapor who is currently Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu revealed he was about leaving for Parliament Friday morning when 3 … Read more
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when … Read more
India’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea by a 10-year-old rape victim to have an abortion because doctors said it was a threat to her life. The girl is eight months pregnant and her lawyers said her family had accepted the verdict. “The court ruling is based on the opinion received from the qualified … Read more
A former deputy Power Minister and Member of Parliament for the MP for Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor’s says his two children were left traumatized by the Friday morning police raid on his home for documents pertaining to the 2015 AMERI deal. His Tema home was stormed by five police, two of them armed and three others … Read more
A former deputy Power Minister and Member of Parliament for the MP for Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor’s says his two children were left traumatized by the Friday morning police raid on his home for documents pertaining to the 2015 AMERI deal. His Tema home was stormed by five police, two of them armed and three others … Read more
Police in China have detained 18 suspected members of a banned religious cult, state news agency Xinhua said. The group is notorious for some of its members beating a woman to death in a McDonald’s restaurant in 2014 after she refused to give them her phone number. The Church of Almighty God cult was started … Read more
Outspoken former Attorney General, Martin Amidu feels the Minority in Parliament’s reaction to the CID Monday dawn raid on the residence of former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor as part of investigations into the controversial AMERI deal was a slap in the face of the values of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), of which it … Read more
Police brutality, “fake news” propaganda and official cover-ups at the height of apartheid have been laid bare in a South African court probing the death of a communist activist 46 years ago. Ahmed Timol, a 29-year-old anti-apartheid volunteer, was arrested in Johannesburg in October 1971 and after five days in detention he died after plummeting … Read more
Debates over the controversial energy contract popularly known as AMERI Deal between the government of Ghana and the Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group Llc (AMERI Energy), is at the doorstep of the Parliament once again. This was after the Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa and former Deputy Minister of Energy, Kobina Tahir Hammond, filed … Read more
The Abeka district court has adjourned its judgment in the case where a Lebanese supervisor, Jihad Chaaban is facing trial for assaulting an employee. Evelyn Boakye. The court’s decision follows an announcement by lawyers for the accused person that the two parties had reached a settlement in the case. According to the magistrate, the adjournment … Read more