An entrepreneur who reportedly stole GH $100,000 from a businesswoman while pretending to import a 40-foot container of used home appliances from Germany has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Madam Annabel Osei entered a not guilty plea to charges of deceiving by false pretense and conspiracy to commit crime. The prosecution, Police Chief Inspector Benson Benneh, did not object to the defense attorney’s request for bail but urged the court to approve the accused person’s request for bail so that she would be required to appear in court at any time. He said, “the accused person does…
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A 35-year-old man who reportedly sexually assaulted his 15-year-old daughter and says the behavior “is a tradition” has been brought before a court for gender-based violence at the police headquarters in Accra. In the Greater Accra Region’s Okushiebiade, close to Amasaman, Bless Gatogo is accused of abusing his daughter three times. He has been charged with incest and defilement. The accuser has refuted the allegations. Gatogo has been granted bail in the amount of GHC 20,000 with two sureties who must be known to the police, according to the court presided over by Ms. Dora Eshun. The court has adjourned…
The High Court in Accra has convicted a gang of three who pleaded guilty to 32 crimes to a total of 75 years in prison. Ishmael Akyene, also known as Israel Nana Damascus, Daniel Akpan, also known as Nseh, or Danny, and Mbuotidem Edem, also known as Faith, were all found guilty after entering guilty pleas on the charges of conspiracy, robbery, rape, and unlawful possession of a handgun. The accusations included 12 counts of conspiracy, 16 counts of robbery, three counts of rape, and unlicensed gun possession. After finding them guilty in their own plea, the Criminal Division of…
On the Accra to Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region’s Akyem Apedwa junction, a dying passenger reportedly had to be thrown off a commercial truck. The passenger, identified as 40-year-old Henry Owusu Agyemang Ankobea, who was reportedly going from Asante Bekwai to Accra, was allegedly taken from the vehicle as his health began to deteriorate and he began to gasp for air. A witness helped the man, who was clearly dying, cross the street in an effort to find a good Samaritan who could provide him emergency medical attention, but the man suddenly passed out. Sadly, out of concern for…
According to reports, a man in his mid-30s was fatally beaten to death after attempting to steal a Grand Bird bus at Asafo in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. According to reports, the tragedy happened at first light on March 8, 2023, a Wednesday. According to reports, the deceased arrived at the terminal of the VIP Transport Company around 4am, started the relevant bus, and then attempted to flee in it. The bus in question was a Grand Bird with the registration number GE 2304-10. Upon becoming aware of the situation, the driver’s assistant of the aforementioned bus…
A 35-year-old man has died at Mallam West on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, as a result of severe rainfall in Accra. According to a report from Onuaonline.com that GhanaWeb saw, the dead died from electrocution. It is said that a disconnected electrical cable, part of which reached the deceased’s room’s entry, fell in the rain. The deceased, who was not aware of the circumstances, was electrocuted to death after grasping his electrified door handle. According to reports, police transported his remains to the mortuary while trying to get in touch with his relatives. The rains on Tuesday caused flooding…
After criticism from the public, the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has removed a public statement it released concerning the Ashaiman swoop from social media sites. The military had officially declared that the military operation in Ashaiman on March 7—during which several innocent civilians were physically assaulted—was authorized by the military’s top command. According to the statement, the mission was not undertaken to exact revenge for the death of Trooper Imoro Sheriff, a young soldier. The message, which sparked indignation and insults from the public, was later erased by the Ghana Armed Forces. The soldier, who lived in Ashaiman but was…
Twenty-three persons have died and 24 injured, in a gory accident on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway, on Sunday. According to information gathered by the Ghanaian Times, 22 passengers—including four women, one child, and 17 men—died immediately after their deaths. One additional passenger died while receiving medical attention at the hospital. A big bird bus headed for Kumasi with the registration number AS 4635-22 and an articulated vehicle with the registration number GW 1127-P were both involved in the collision, according to an eyewitness statement. On that section of the road, between Kintampo and Babatorkuma, the accident happened around 11 p.m. on…
Some military troops in Ashaiman appear to have taken the law into their own hands, travelling from home to house and brutalizing locals, according to member of parliament Ernest Norgbey, who confirmed the incident to GhanaWeb. This is in response to viral social media videos of the incident that were recorded by certain locals. In a few of these films, staff members can be seen striking and abusing patients who were outside of their rooms in the morning. The incident is alleged to have occurred at Official Town in Ashaiman amid a significant downpour at dawn on Tuesday, March 7,…
The Director of Legal Aid has been requested by the Accra High Court to appoint a lawyer for Bright Alan Debrah Ofosu, one of the ten defendants accused of plotting to topple the government. This came after the defendant requested defense representation since his previous attorney, Mr. Victor Kwadjoga Adawudu, withdrew his services and he was unable to pay for one. “Things are difficult for me, I am pleading with the Court if it could get me a lawyer from the Legal Aid, I would appreciate it,” he prayed the Court. Before accepting his request, the three-member Court—which was comprised…