Murder

Did He Have To Die? Boy Killed By His Uncles Over Missing Bag
12 Jan

Did He Have To Die? Boy Killed By His Uncles Over Missing Bag

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A 17-year-old boy has been allegedly beaten to death by his step-uncles over a missing bag. The boy was found by his grandmother, Grace Kaguna lying on the grass under a mango tree a few metres from the house of the accused at around 10:am on January 1. Before he died, Murithi said his step-uncles accused him of stealing a bag and gave him severe beating, according to witness accounts given to police. Police in Tharaka Nithi County are set to charge two brothers accused of beating their step-nephew, Edwin Murithi, 17, to death in Mariene village in Tharaka Constituency on…
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Police Exhume Body Of Woman Killed By Son Over GH¢500
14 Dec

Police Exhume Body Of Woman Killed By Son Over GH¢500

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The police have exhumed the remains of a 60-year-old retiree from the Ghana Highway Authority allegedly killed by her son, Gideon Asomani. Mercy Oforiwa’s remains were exhumed from an unfinished building in Kyekyewere, a suburb of Nyamekrom in the Eastern Region, according to the police. The suspect was arrested for iron rod theft but later confessed to the murder in his statement. The deceased had been reported missing on June 17, 2023. Accompanied by the suspect and other family members, the police visited the alleged crime scene to verify the burial site. The exhumation took place on Wednesday, December 13.…
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Neighbour Shoots Father, Stepson Dead Over Noise In Apartment
02 Nov

Neighbour Shoots Father, Stepson Dead Over Noise In Apartment

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A Brooklyn bodybuilder and his stepson were shot dead in the hallway outside their apartment in an ongoing dispute with their angry downstairs neighbour who stormed their home to complain about the noise, police said Monday. The furious resident of the Flatbush Gardens Complex in East Flatbush shot the 47-year-old dad, Bladimy Mathurin, and the victim’s 27-year-old stepson, Chin Wai Mode, in the fourth-floor hallway outside their apartment around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, cops said. “That guy killed my son, my husband,” Marie Luc Delille, 48, said from her apartment, where blood was still pooled outside the door. “That guy terrified my family. The…
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Kumasi Killer Cop Trial Starts November 13
25 Oct

Kumasi Killer Cop Trial Starts November 13

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The trial of Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, a policeman charged with murder of his girlfriend, Victoria Dapaah commonly known as Maa Adwoa at Adum is set to begin at the High Court in Kumasi on November 13. The court has already called for case management conference in the incident which occurred somewhere in April this year. Its expected to call its first prosecution witness at the next sitting. Already, Inspector Twumasi, who has been charged for allegedly murdering the supposed girlfriend has pleaded not guilty. The court in what state prosecutors describe as attempts to have an expeditious trial in the…
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Woman, Son Arrested Over Killing Of Farmer
20 Oct

Woman, Son Arrested Over Killing Of Farmer

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A 57-year-old woman, Akua Kesewaa, and her 26-year-old son, Emmanuel Aboagye, are being investigated by the Oda Police for the lynching of a 56-year-old farmer at Akyem Manso in the Eastern Region. Confirming the incident to the Daily Graphic at Oda last Tuesday, the Oda Municipal Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Daniel Amoako, said around 12.30 p.m. on October 12, 2023, Kesewaa returned home from a one-week observance of a deceased person at Manso to find a relative of hers, Kwame Poakwa, who had quit the family house for about 10 years and rented his room to someone, splashing water in…
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Man Weeps After Life Sentence For Stabbing 19-Year-Old
18 Oct

Man Weeps After Life Sentence For Stabbing 19-Year-Old

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Michael Tetteh, a factory hand has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing Patrick Gyasi, an okada rider with a broken bottle during a fight. This was after a seven-member jury returned a verdict of guilty on Tetteh, who was facing a charge of murder at the Accra High Court. Tetteh stabbed the deceased at Oduman near Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region on June 16, 2017. Background The convict and the deceased were both residents of Oduman, near Amasaman in Accra. On June 16, 2017, the deceased stopped at a place known as Otumfour Spot at Oduman. The prosecution…
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15-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Allegedly Murdering Grandmother In Jaman South
11 Oct

15-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Allegedly Murdering Grandmother In Jaman South

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A 15-year-old boy from Drobo Gonasua in the Jaman South municipality has been taken into custody for his suspected role in the tragic murder of his grandmother. The lifeless body of the deceased, a woman in her late 50s, was discovered in the backyard of her residence after she had been reported missing for three days. Shockingly, her remains were found concealed under a bathing sink. A search party had been deployed to locate her prior to this grim discovery. Sources say the boy struck her head with a wooden pestle before dragging the body out and covering the body…
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Woman Killed By House Help Died Of Multiple Head And Stomach Injuries
03 Oct

Woman Killed By House Help Died Of Multiple Head And Stomach Injuries

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The 35-year old woman who was allegedly murdered by her house help died of multiple head and abdominal injuries. That is according to an autopsy report presented in the Asokore Mampong District  Magistrate Court on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Stella Osei, also known as Princess Afua Ahenkan sustained multiple head and stomach injuries after being hit in the head and stabbed in the stomach multiple times by the key suspect, John Allister. Allister and an accomplice, James Anokye, a 27-year old driver are standing trial over the alleged murder  of the business woman at  her Sokoban Apaaso home on September…
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60-Year-Old Woman Shot Dead Over Witchcraft Accusation
25 Sep

60-Year-Old Woman Shot Dead Over Witchcraft Accusation

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A 60-year-old woman, Musah Azaratu Poanaa, has been shot dead by two young men in Janga, in the West Mamprusi Municipality for allegedly trying to bewitch a resident in the community, locals have said. According to eyewitnesses, the woman was killed by the men believed to be the sons of the man that the deceased was allegedly trying to bewitch. The daughter of the deceased, Musah Asana, said she was in the room with her siblings when the assailants came into their house and started firing warning shots. “They were two so, one gave a warning shot and brought my mother out [from the…
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Chilling Account Of How House Help Murdered His Madam In Cold Blood In Kumasi
19 Sep

Chilling Account Of How House Help Murdered His Madam In Cold Blood In Kumasi

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Details have emerged of how a house help murdered his employer, Stella Osei aka Princess Afua Ahenkan at Sokoban-Apaaso near Kumasi. According to court documents, the accused, John Allister, got hired a day after applying for the position, on September 4, 2023, through an Accra-based employment agency. He allegedly committed the murder six days after starting the job. On September 11, 2023, at about 11 am, moments after the deceased had prepared fufu which she enjoyed with the accused, she was stabbed in the stomach, hit several times on the head and face with a club. The accused is said to…
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