Crime

A grandfather is in the grip of the law for defiling his 13-year-old granddaughter. The accused, Emmanuel Attakora Yeboah, aged 32 and a driver, is said to have had sexual intercourse with the victim. The interesting twist to the case is that the accused claimed he was not at home …

A 23-year-old taxi driver, who escaped death by the skin of his teeth after being attacked by unknown assailants, is receiving treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region. The assailants were said to have picked the taxi with the registration number GW 1086 U at Agric …

A 52-year-old driver, Anthony Nii Aryee Okai, is standing trial before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The driver is said to have lured the victim to his room, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and increased the volume of his television so high that no …

A 19-year-old student, who attacked and robbed a nurse of her handbag, inflicting knife wounds on her at Tikrom, near Ejisu, has been jailed 20 years by the Juaben Circuit Court. Alex Donkor pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea by the Court presided over by Mr Yusif …

The Bekwai Circuit court presided over by His Honour Frederick Nawula has granted Nana Kofi Asumanin, Chief of Fresco in the Bosome Freho District in the Ashanti region, bail for raping a 12-year-old primary 5 pupil. His lawyer pleaded for the bail stating that the Chief was arrested on 17th …

A circuit court judge has warned against the public patronage of pulled rickshaw, a motorized tricycle, named “Pragia” in some parts of the country, as a means of transport. Mr Yusif Osei Asibey, the Presiding Judge of the Juaben Circuit Court, who gave the warning, pointed out that those motor …

Residents of Agogo in the Ashanti Region are said to be living in fear following the shooting of a farmer in the area. The farmer, Asabil Asawe, was said to be working on his sugarcane farm on Sunday morning when a certain Fulani herdsman shot him to death. The sad …

A total of 97 suspected criminals have been arrested around the Odaw railway station in Accra. They include 22 women who were alleged to be prostitutes plying their trade on the railway track. Others are suspected drug peddlers and pickpockets who converged at the station sometimes at dawn to plan …

Three men have been arrested by the Assin Fosu Police patrol team in the Central region for allegedly stealing valuable items worth thousands of cedis. The three, according to reports, stole HP and Dell laptops, five mobile phones, an IPad and GH¢ 14,400.00 from various people. In an interview with …

A Biology Teacher at Asamankese Senior High School (ASASCO) in the Lower West Akim Municipality of the Eastern Region, Samuel Boakye Donkor, has allegedly assaulted a female student. The victim is believed to be in a relationship with the teacher. According to reports, the female student, name withheld was beaten …