S.Korea’s Park Goes Behind Bars
Daughter of a dictator and later head of state herself, South Korea's Park Geun-Hye has spent nearly two decades living in Seoul's sprawling presidential palace. Now she will be locked in a cell,...
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Man Jailed 7 Years For Defiling 12-Year Old Girl
Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ Presided over by Her Honour Mrs Janet Animah Marfoh has sentenced a 30-year old man into 7 years imprisonment for defiling a 12- year old pupil in a drinking spot at...
Four People Arrested Over Plot To Blow Up Venice’s Rialto Bridge
Three men from Kosovo and an unidentified minor have been arrested in Venice on suspicion of plotting to blow up the city's celebrated Rialto Bridge. Fisnik Bekaj, Dake Haziraj and Arjan Babaj were...
Funding For Special Prosecutor In Limbo – MP
It is currently unclear how government’s much hyped Special Prosecutor office will be funded. This is because there is no financial allocation for the setting up or running of such an office in the...
‘Pastor’ Jailed For Stealing Gold Ring At Atwea Mountains
The Nsuta Circuit Court presided over by her honour, Ms Lydia Osei Marfo has convicted and sentenced a self-acclaimed Pastor for stealing items of two persons who went to pray at a prayer camp at the...
Special Prosecutor Would Not Be Manipulated
The two Deputy Ministers-designate for Justice and Attorney General, have backed the President’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to strictly prosecute cases of corruption in public office...
Funding For Special Prosecutor In Limbo
It is currently unclear how government’s much hyped Special Prosecutor office will be funded. This is because there is no financial allocation for the setting up or running of such an office in the...
FBI Arrests Mexican Prosecutor Over Drug Trafficking
FBI agents have arrested a Mexican prosecutor suspected of involvement in a ring producing and trafficking illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine into the United States, authorities said on...
Special Prosecutor Will Expeditiously Dispense Justice Delivery
The two Deputy Ministers-designate for Justice and Attorney General, have backed the President’s decision to appoint a special prosecutor to strictly prosecute cases of corruption in public office...
Court Frees Woman In Artificial Penis Case
A woman who was standing trial for inserting an artificial penis into a co-tenant’s vagina after making her drunk has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit Court. Queenie Akuffo, a...
Woman Who Inserted Artificial Penis Into Co-Tenant’s Vagina Freed
The who was accused of inserting an artificial penis into a co-tenant’s vagina after making her drunk, has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit Court. Queenie Akuffo, a student, was...
I Changed GHC1.3 Million For My US Trip – Akua Donkor
Cross-examination of Madam Akua Donkor, founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), was completed on Monday in a case in which she alleges that she had been robbed by four persons. Madam Donkor told...
Ruby Rush Brings Gangland Turf War To Mozambique
The stakes are high in Montepuez where the discovery of rubies has led to violence among miners that has turned the northern town into what some describe as Mozambique's own version of the Wild West....
Supreme Court Weighs Bad Legal Advice To Korean Immigrant
Trying to avoid costly prosecutions and long prison sentences for the accused, plea bargains are commonplace in the United States. But what if the defendant is given bad legal advice to plead guilty,...
Ghana Chief Joseph Darkoh Jailed In U.S For Distributing Drug
When Joseph Darkoh skipped town to escape federal heroin distribution charges 20 years ago, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said he went on the lam with distinction. Darkoh fled to Ghana, apparently...
Court Remands 5 Chinese, 5 Ghanaian ‘illegal’ Miners
The Sekondi High Court presided over by Justice Edward Amoako Asante on Monday remanded five Chinese and their five Ghanaian accomplices for allegedly engaging in illegal mining. They were arrested...
2 Police Officers Remanded For Alleged GH11,000 Robbery
Two police officers have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a student at gunpoint of GH11,000. The money was withdrawn from a bank by Christopher Haga who had been sent by...
Marwako Pepper Manager’s Fate Hangs
The Abeka District Court in Accra has set March 27 to deliver its ruling on the application for disclosure filed by lawyers for the Abelemkpe Branch Manager of Marwako eatery, Jihad Chaaban. The...
Akua Donkor Robber’s Case Adjourned To March 27
The Accra Circuit Court hearing the case involving four persons who allegedly robbed Madam Akua Donkor, founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), has adjourned the case to March 27. Prior to the...
Marwako ‘pepper’ Manager’s Fate Hangs
The Abeka District Court in Accra has set March 27 to deliver its ruling on the application for disclosure filed by lawyers for the Abelemkpe Branch Manager of Marwako eatery, Jihad Chaaban. The...