Four Canadian Kidnappers Sentenced

The four men who kidnapped two Canadian girls in an uncompleted building in Kumasi and demanded a ransom of US$800,000 from the families of the victims in 2019 have been sentenced to 10 years each in prison in hard labour. Reading the judgment which lasted for close to three hours on Tuesday (20 December), the court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, said the horrific crime which threw the country into a state of despair, must not be allowed to mar Ghana’s relations with its international partners. The court apologised to the families of the Canadian girls on behalf of Ghana for…