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Robber in Immigration look-alike outfit jailed

Monday, 08 March 2010 09:01 Ghana Reporter

Aflao, March 8, GNA - Kwame Torkpor, 25, farmer of Penyi who, with an accomplice donned attires akin to those of the Ghana Immigration Service and with guns and cutlasses waylaid and robbed travellers, has been jailed 53 years in had labour.

Two jailed for robbing a Nigerian photographer

Monday, 08 March 2010 08:59 Ghana Reporter

Aflao, March 8, GNA - Two persons who robbed a Cote d'Ivoire based Nigerian photographer while attempting to cross into Lome through an unapproved route were jailed 10 ye...

Defiled victim's underwear gives up perpetrator

Monday, 08 March 2010 08:58 Ghana Reporter

Aflao, March 8, GNA - Ablame Ahorlu, 29, a corn mill operator of Bokor-kope near Klikor, defiled a primary school girl, denied it but was given out by the underwear of th...

Driver defiles daughter

Sunday, 07 March 2010 06:11 Ghana Reporter

Asamankese , March 6, GNA - Kofi Danso, a 36-year-old driver, was on Friday arraigned at the Asamankese Circuit Court on two counts of defilement and incest. He pleaded...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 March 2010 06:21 )

Mpraeso Circuit Court sentenced 21-year-old shoemaker to four years imprisonment

Sunday, 28 February 2010 09:51 Ghana Reporter

Mpraeso (E/R), Feb. 28 , GNA - A Circuit court at Mpraeso presided over by Mr Alex Owusu Ofori has sentenced a 21-year-old Shoemaker to four years imprisonment in hard labo...

Burkinabe jailed 60 years for robbery

Thursday, 18 February 2010 07:46 Ghana Reporter

Kumasi, Feb. 17, GNA - A circuit court in Kumasi, has sentenced a 28 year-old Burkinabe, a member of highway robbery gang, to 60 years imprisonment with hard labour.

Notorious visa fraudster grabbed

Sunday, 14 February 2010 07:54 Ghana Reporter

A SELF-styled Kumasi-based businessman, who has duped a number of unsuspecting people under the pretext of securing them visas, has been arrested by the police.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 February 2010 08:01 )

Self-styled medical doctor jailed

Friday, 12 February 2010 18:22 Ghana Reporter

Accra, Feb. 12, GNA - A self-styled medical doctor, Job Prosper Gomashie, was on Friday sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court .
Gomashie, charged with...

Self-styled medical doctor jailed

Friday, 12 February 2010 18:22 Ghana Reporter

Accra, Feb. 12, GNA - A self-styled medical doctor, Job Prosper Gomashie, was on Friday sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court .
Gomashie, charged with...

Four jailed 45 years for dealing in cannabis

Friday, 12 February 2010 18:13 Ghana Reporter

Kumasi, Feb. 12, GNA - A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced four people to a total of 45 years imprisonment for possessing cannabis popularly referred to as "wee."...

Remand prisoner smears human excreta on Crime Officer

Monday, 08 February 2010 18:41 Ghana Reporter

Tema, Feb. 8, GNA - A remand prisoner at the Tema Community Two police cells, has smeared human excreta on the station's Crime Officer and two other officials to prevent ...

Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 18:42 )

Two jailed 10 years for causing harm, possessing Wee

Saturday, 06 February 2010 15:58 Ghana Reporter

Asamankese , Feb. 06, GNA - The Asamankese Circuit Court on Friday sentenced two farmers to five years in prison each, in hard labour, for causing harm and possession Indian ...

Adaklu pledges co-operation with security agencies to investigate murder

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:56 Ghana Reporter

Kumasi, Jan. 26, GNA - The Paramount Chief of Adaklu, Togbe Gbogbi Atsa V, has pledged to give the security agencies the needed support to unravel the mystery behind the ...

Driver is put before court for knocking two children

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 17:23 Ghana Reporter

Asamankese, Jan. 19, GNA – Emmanuel Boadu, a driver, was on Tuesday granted a GHC 1,000.00 bail with one surety when he was arraigned before the Asamankese Circui...

Court jails Nigerian 50 years for armed robbery

Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:09 Ghana Reporter

Aflao, Jan.14, GNA - A 24-year-old Nigerian who robbed a man of his mobile phones at knife point while the victim was attending to nature's call at the beach , was o...

Prison officers, convicts in court for possessing Indian hemp

Tuesday, 12 January 2010 22:54 Ghana Reporter

Nsawam, Jan. 12, GNA - Three prison officers and five convicts have been put before the Nsawam Magistrate Court for allegedly possessing 299 wrappers of Indian hemp.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 January 2010 22:55 )

Two juveniles, an adult before court for an alleged gang-rape

Tuesday, 12 January 2010 22:19 Ghana Reporter

Cape Coast, Jan. 12, GNA - Three persons who allegedly gang raped a 14-year-old girl were on Tuesday put before a circuit court in Cape Coast on charges of defilement.

Farmer remanded for defiling seven-year-old girl

Tuesday, 12 January 2010 22:18 Ghana Reporter

Juaso (Ash), Jan. 12, GNA - The Juaso Circuit Court , presided over by Mr Justice S.K. Sarpong Appiah, has ordered that a 50-year old farmer should be held in prison remand...

Two in court for murder

Monday, 11 January 2010 07:01 Ghana Reporter

Kade, Jan. 11 , GNA - Two persons on Monday appeared before the Kade District Magistrate's Court on a provisional charge of murder.
The pleas of Emmanuel ...

Court declines bail for an accused person on remand

Wednesday, 06 January 2010 10:10 Ghana Reporter

Accra, Jan. 5, GNA - An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday declined a bail application by Asirifi Gogeh, an accused person on remand who was caught smoking dried leaves suspe...

AMA, GBC fete orphans and street children

Tuesday, 05 January 2010 10:03 Ghana Reporter

Accra , Jan. 5 , GNA - The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) on Monday feted over 500 orphans and street children from a numbe...

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 January 2010 10:04 )