Tag: convicted
Two sales personnel convicted for stealing
Two persons, who were put before the Weija Circuit Court on four counts of stealing, have been convicted on their own plea of guilty.
Nathaniel...
Ex-cop convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday on all the three criminal charges in the murder of George Floyd last summer,...
“I will come out stronger”- Akuapem Poloo claims
A convict, Rosemond Alade Brown, aka, Akuapem Poloo, who was on Friday jailed 90 days by an Accra Circuit Court, for taking nude pictures...
Corn miller convicted over insanitary premises
A Hohoe Magistrate Court presided over by Madam Edith Lucy Dzormeku, has convicted one Williams Gomashie, a corn miller to a fine of GH₵600...
House girl convicted over stolen pistol with 15 rounds of ammunition
A 23-year-old house girl who stole her master's pistol with 15 rounds of ammunition has been sentenced to a fine of 12,000 Ghana...
Mechanic convicted for stealing
The District Magistrate’s Court at Enchi, presided over by Mr Eric Baah Boateng, has sentenced a 24 year-old mechanic to 12 months imprisonment in...
Businessman convicted for swindling six persons over Canadian visas
Frank Ablorh, a businessman has been sentenced to a fine of GH24,000.00 for collecting $2,000 each from six persons under the pretext of securing...
Cleaner jailed 15 years for having sex with minor
Drama unfolded at an Accra Circuit Court when a 33-year-old cleaner, who had denied defiling a 10-year-old girl at Sabon Zongo, near Laterbiokoshie, confessed...
Iraqi lawmaker blasts Trump’s pardoning Blackwater guards convicted of Baghdad massacre
Iraqi lawmaker Gatah al-Rekabi on Tuesday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump's pardoning four Blackwater guards convicted of murdering Iraqi civilians in 2007 as "blatant...
France awaits verdict in Charlie Hebdo trial
A verdict is expected on Wednesday in the trial of 14 people accused of helping organize a terrorist attack on the offices of the...
Five street preachers convicted for making noise
The Nkawie circuit court has convicted five street preachers to a fine of GHc 600.00 for making noise at Abuakwa in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South...
Mahama to grant convicted galamsey operators amnesty if elected
The Flagbearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has indicated his readiness to grant amnesty to convicted small-scale miners,...
Farmer fined for stealing sheep
The Enchi District Magistrate’s Court has convicted an 18-year-old farmer, Francis Coffie, to a fine of GHC600 for stealing his neighbour’s sheep, valued at...
Jewish settler sentenced to three life terms over West Bank murders
An Israeli court on Monday sentenced a Jewish settler to three life sentences for murdering a Palestinian couple and their baby boy in an...
Court fines two for motorbike theft
A 26 year-old illegal miner Mathias Kombatt has been convicted and fined GH¢ 1,200.00 for stealing an unregistered Haojin motorbike from "Monkey-yard".
The convict who...
Tenant convicted for indiscriminate disposal of refuse
A Hohoe Magistrate Court has sentenced Kudzo Gonyo, a tenant to a fine of GH?300.00 for indiscriminately disposing refuse in front of his dwelling.
Gonyo...
Four men convicted of brutal gang-rape, murder hanged in India
Four men convicted of raping and murdering a young student more than seven years ago in the infamous "Nirbhaya Rape Case" were hanged early...
Trader gets 15 years for robbery
An Accra Circuit Court on Friday sentenced Nana Ansong a 21-year-old trader to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery.
Nana Ansong, who...
Apprentice gets 12 months over mobile phone theft
A 24 year old Fabricating Apprentice, convicted of stealing a mobile phone, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by the Asante Akropong District...
Lebanese convicted to GH¢1,200.00 fine for knocking pedestrian dead
The Kaneshie District Court has handed over a fine of GH¢1,200.00 to a Lebanese driver who knocked-down and killed a 26-year-old man in a...
Trader jailed ten years for having sex with a minor
A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced Yakubu Moro a 25-year-old trader to a ten year jail term for defiling a 14 year...
Black Stars Pitch invader convicted to GH¢2,400 fine
Mr Kwabena Yeboah Asumea, counsel for Awal Suleman, the football-crazy fan who invaded the pitch over Ghana’s 2-0 victory against South Africa in...
Chinese convicted after his dogs’ attacked his house help
A Chinese businessman whose four ferocious dogs attacked his house help at Tema has been fined GH96 cedis by an Accra Circuit Court.
Lizhuang Zhang...
FFL appeals to President to pardon persons convicted of attempted suicide
Favor Foundation for Life (FFL), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which advocates on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention has petitioned the president of the Republic...
Labourer sentenced for defrauding medical officer
A twenty-eight-year-old labourer, Ebenezer Kwabena Boadi, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour by the Enchi District Magistrate court for deceiving...
More than 1,300 convicted for crimes against women, children in South Africa in 6...
A total of 1,357 criminals were sentenced to life sentences or many years of imprisonment in South Africa between July 1 and Dec. 31...
Mason Sentenced for robbery after pleading guilty
A Mason, Mawuli Jonny Asimah, who was put before an Accra Circuit Court has been convicted on his own plea for robbing one Salina...
Technician pleads for mercy in an incest and defilement case
A Nigerian information communication Technician, who allegedly impregnated his 14-year old daughter in Accra, is pleading for mercy.
Jim Clifford Edward, who pleaded guilty to...
Technician Sentenced for Putting His Daughter in the Family Way
An information communication Technician who allegedly impregnated his 14 year old daughter in Accra has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with defilement...
Electrician sentenced for harming a lady
An Accra Circuit Court has convicted an electrician for pouring acid on a food vendor which caused her to suffer severe acid burns all...