Tag: jail
Journalists in Myanmar sentenced to jail by military court
A court of the military junta in Myanmar has sentenced two journalists to two years in jail each after reporting on the anti-military protests.
The...
Motorbike repairer jailed 15 years over causing harm and robbery
A motorbike repairer who stabbed a mason in the abdomen before robbing him of his mobile phone at Pure water, near Ashongman, has been...
“If You pay a Kidnappers Ransom, you’ll go to jail!”
An article by Tony Ogunlowo
NIgeria is a funny and strange country to live in and the lawmakers are even stranger making you think whether...
Trader jailed ten months for defrauding
A 27-year-old trader who defrauded someone of his GH₵17,800.00, has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court.
Precious Ellen...
Hong Kong court sentences Jimmy Lai and other activists to jail
A court has dealt a new blow to Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, sentencing several opposition figures and activists to up to 18 months in...
Student gets 10 years for defiling 18 month-old twin sisters
A 22-year-old Senior High School (SHS) student, Patrick Nyarkoh who defiled 18-month-old twin-sisters at Nsuta in the Assin South District of the Central Region...
Farmer arrested for attempting to break jail in Akumanda
Mr. Sumailla Dauda, 26-year-old farmer of Akumadan, has been charged by the police for attempting to break jail at Akumanda Police Cells of the...
Driver and his mate jailed for assaulting a passenger
A driver and his mate who assaulted a passenger on board their vehicle, have been sentenced to a total of four years imprisonment by...
19 year old to spend 22 years in jail for robbery
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 19-year-old man to 22 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery.
Evans Asante, who also stabbed his victim,...
Turkey sentences 32 to life in jail for failed coup in 2016
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 32 people, including former soldiers, to life in jail for their involvement in the 2016 defeated coup,...
Pakistani court orders release of suspect in murder of US journalist
A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the release of a British-Pakistani man convicted for the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl.
The...
Australian right-wing extremist sentenced to 12-year jail over terror plot
An Australian man who planned acts of terrorism on "Muslims and lefties" in the city of Melbourne was sentenced to 12-year jail on...
Engage in electoral offense and risk going to jail – Youth advised
Dr Serebour Quaicoe, the Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday said actions such as tampering with a ballot...
Jail the disqualified Presidential aspirants who forged documents
A cross section of the public in Ho are calling on the Electoral Commission (EC) to arrest, prosecute and possibly jail the disqualified presidential...
Cameroon court jails five soldiers for killing women and children
A military court in Cameroon on Monday found five soldiers guilty of killing two women and their two small children.
Four of the accused received...
Ex-world athletics chief Diack convicted in Paris graft trial
A Paris court on Wednesday sentenced former world athletics chief Lamine Diack to jail time for corruption linked to doping by mainly Russian athletes...
Former Shaanxi vice governor sentenced to 13 years in jail for accepting bribes
Chen Guoqiang, former vice governor of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, was on Tuesday sentenced by a local court in north China's Tianjin Municipality to...
Tanzania’s unregistered drone operators risk six-month jail terms
The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) warned on Monday that operators of unregistered drones faced the risk of a six-month jail term or a...
Former CEO of Angola sovereign fund gets five years in jail
The former CEO of Angola sovereign fund, Jose Filomeno dos Santos was sentenced to five years in prison by the supreme court on Friday.
Jose...
Two jailed 40 years for robbery
Two persons who robbed a family at gun point and made away with their household items at Amasaman have been sentenced to a 20...
Morocco threatens heavy fine, jail for not wearing mask in public
Morocco warned on Saturday that anyone who refuses to wear a mask in public could face a maximum fine of 140 U.S. dollars or...
Court jails three illegal miners
The Enchi District Magistrate court presided over by Mr Eric Baah Boateng has convicted a Ghanaian and two Guineans to a total of 54...
Teenager gets five years in jail for causing harm
The Nkawie circuit court has sentenced an 18-year-old unemployed man, who attacked and stabbed a community police assistant at Toase in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South...
French ex-PM Fillon sentenced to jail for fake job
French former prime minister Francois Fillon, convicted of embezzlement of public funds by creating a fake job for his wife, was sentenced to...
Mobile money thief to serve 18 months in jail
Valis Dadzie, a 22 year old unemployed man has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit Court...
Court jails teacher six years for causing harm
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 42- year- old teacher to six years imprisonment in hard labour for causing harm.
The accused, Ekow-...
3 Tanzanian prisoners killed in failed escape attempt
At least three prisoners have been killed by citizens in northwest Tanzania after their attempt to escape from jail was aborted, police said on...
Egypt court sentences 16 to 7-25 years over 2013 violence
An Egyptian court sentenced on Thursday 16 people to seven to 25 years in jail for committing acts of violence following the ouster of...
South Korea’s appellate court sentences ex-president Lee to 17 years in jail over corruption
A South Korean appellate court on Wednesday sentenced former President Lee Myung-bak to 17 years in jail over a set of corruptions, including bribery...
Two young men go to jail for theft
Two young men from Yiwabra in the Aowin Municipality who stole a motorbike and sold it for GHc2,800.00 have been sentenced to a total...