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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,…

06 Jul

Evangelist, Prophetess Jailed 11 Years For Stealing GH¢265,000 From Sick 72-Year-Old Lecturer

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An Evangelist and Prophetess have been slapped with an 11-year jail term for stealing GH¢265,000 from a 72-year-old retired lecturer’s account. According to a DailyGuide report dated July 6, 2023, the two; Samuel Kwesi Tsogbe, 33-year-old evangelist and Esther Christ, 63-year-old prophetess who are self-ordained pastors of Cornerstone Ministry International, siphoned the money from the account of the lecturer who is sick and bedridden. After stealing the money, Tsogbe and Christ opened an account with another bank and channeled the stolen funds into the said account. The two were charged with stealing. The court presided over by Mrs. Sedinam Awo…

17 May

Former Mentor Contestant Jailed For Life For Manslaughter

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A former contestant of a television reality show (Mentor) has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty for manslaughter by a seven-member jury. Bismark Ato Foster was charged for two counts namely; murder and use of offensive weapon which led to the death of one Razak Mohammed, at Nungua Coco-Beach on September 26, 2016. Though he pleaded not guilty to the two charges, the jury found him guilty for manslaughter instead of murder, seven years after the incident. The jury had returned a 6-1 guilty verdict against him for both charges but upon further deliberations, returned again…

03 Apr

Woman, 43, Jailed For Possessing ‘Weed’ In Oti Region

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A 43-year-old woman, Amina Musa has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour for unlawful possession and sale of cannabis popularly known as ‘weed’. She was sentenced by the Jasikan Circuit Court, presided over His Honour Alfred Kwabena Asiedu, in the Oti Region on Friday, March 31, 2023. Amina Mush was also ordered by the Court to pay a fine of 10,000 penalty units or in default serve another 3 years imprisonment which will run concurrently. The Police prosecutor, Detective Inspector Bright Nkansah told the Court that on February 2023, the Nkwanta police patrol team acted on…

23 May

Ukraine War: Russian Soldier Vadim Shishimarin Jailed For Life Over War Crime

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A court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion. Captured soldier Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February. He admitted shooting Mr Shelipov but said he had been acting on orders and asked forgiveness of the man's widow. Many other alleged war crimes are being investigated by Ukraine. Moscow has denied its troops targeted civilians during the invasion, despite a wealth of evidence to the contrary, while Ukraine says more than 11,000…