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19 Feb

3 Robbers Jailed 60 Years

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Three armed robbers who attacked a vehicle belonging to Accurate Giant Company on 26th November, 2022 in Tewobabi, Adansi Asokwa district of Ashanti, and stole an amount of 40,500 GHC have been jailed for a total of 60 years. The suspects are as Emmanuel Blay, 28, Ibrahim Adams, 26, and Stephen Sarpong, 23. Two others, Martin Asante, 26, and Rocky Nyamedi, 29, who are on remand, will appear in court on 4th March, 2024 for their sentences. According to the prosecution, the first three who were arrested mentioned Rocky Nyamedi, a staff of the company, as the mastermind behind the…

13 Dec

Caterer Jailed 20 Years For Sodomy

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The Tarkwa Circuit Court in the Western Region has sentenced a 36-year-old caterer, Isaac Tweneboah Koduah to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for having unnatural canal knowledge with a 30-year-old unemployed man. The convict pleaded guilty to the charge, and the court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu sentenced him. After realising that he was going to spend the next 20 years in prison, Koduah remarked, “I do not know what was happening to me, and I do not know if I can be given any help.” Prosecuting, Supt. Juliana Essel-Dadzie mentioned that Koduah stayed at Gyantekrom while the complainant…

13 Dec

Court Jails Farmer 5 Years For Threatening To Kill Chereponi DCE

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The Circuit court in Yendi in the Northern Region has sentenced a 45-year-old farmer to 5 years imprisonment for threatening to kill the District Chief Executive for Chereponi contrary to section 75 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act 29. According to the prosecutor, D/C/Inspector Nicodemus York, on November 20, the accused Abubakari Numburu, a farmer and resident of Kwame Nansoni in the Chereponi district in the North East Region, called the District Chief Executive for the area, Nashiru Zuwera Muda, on the phone and threatened her: “I will kill you if you dare enter Chereponi.” The complainant later reported…

17 Nov

Teacher Jailed 12 Years For defiling Class 3 Pupil

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A 28-year-old private school teacher has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court in the Eastern Region. Enoch Amponsah pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement when he first appeared in court presided over by His Honour, Kwase Apiatse Abaidoo. The prosecutor said the victim attended weekend classes organized by her school. After the classes, the accused sent her on errand in one of their offices, only to indulge her in a sexual intercourse . It was revealed in the court that, he threatened to flog the victim if she discloses the sexual encounter. The prosecution added…

02 Nov

Transformer Thieves In Volta Region Jailed 5 Years

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The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced two of the three suspects who were arrested by the Volta Regional Police Command for attempting to steal a transformer at Adaklu Tsrefe on October 5. The two Suspects, Sitsofe Agbodza 26 years and Deladem Kodzo Tsrakasu 29 years were sentenced to five years imprisonment each by the Circuit Court presided over by Joseph Nadaado Mac-Ali Junior on November 1, after both pleaded guilty to stealing and an attempt to destroy public property. The third suspect, Abdul Wahab Seydou, a 20-year-old plumber had his sentence deferred to the next three weeks after the circuit…

01 Nov

Tems Opens Up On Jail Experience

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Nigerian singer, Tems has shed more light on her experience in the Ugandan prison where she was detained for two whole days in 2020, alongside Omah Lay, after being charged in court. Tems was completely disconnected from the world during the detention and found herself striving to adapt to being in prison rather quickly. Speaking during an interview with Angie Martinez, she detailed her experience in the small dingy prison starting from when she was picked up from her hotel. For the singer, she thought it was a joke at first but when she got to the prison and was handed her uniform,…