Crime

Arise Ghana Demo: 29 persons remanded, organisers to be arraigned

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 29 protesters who engaged in violence during the Arise Ghana demonstration on Tuesday, June 28. The arrest was as...

Arise Ghana Demo: Man arrested for possessing weapon

A man is in the grips of the police for possessing a firearm on the second day of the Arise Ghana Demo. Starting late hours...

Fake police officer granted ₵70k bail over fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a ₵70,000.00 bail with two sureties to a fake police officer who allegedly defrauded his fiancée of ₵62,200.00. The...

Businessman remanded over theft of Toyota vehicle

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 37-year-old businessman into Police custody over the alleged theft of a Toyota vehicle valued at ¢90,000. The vehicle...

Woman, 6-year-old daughter gang raped in moving car after being offered lift

A mother and her six-year-old daughter were gang-raped by a group of men who offered them a lift home in northern India, police said. The pair...

Wife pays assassins to kill husband for failing to sleep with her for 9 years

A housewife has been arrested for hiring a man to assassinate her husband for failing to perform his sexual marital duties for nine years. The...

A/R: criminal activities force residents to compile names of landlords to track criminals

Criminal activities have been on the increase at Meduma in the Kwabre-East District of the Ashanti Region. Residents say they come under armed attacks, especially...

Ex-convict in court over fraud

Businessman Charles Oppong Kyekyeku, who was jailed in the UK for fake invoices totaling £245,000 to Jones Lang LaSalle over two years, has been...

Fraudsters using Sammy Awuku’s name in recruitment scam arrested

A 73-year-old businessman, Emmanuel King Opare, a known member of the ruling New Patriotic Party and a 55-year-old teacher, Elizabeth Manukure, both residents of...

Man jailed for defiling neighbour’s daughter

The Sogakofe Circuit Court has handed a seven-year prison term in hard labour to Richard Atim, a 25-year-old mechanic who defiled an 11-year-old girl. The...

Police in court over Arise Ghana demo

The Police are seeking a court ruling on the time and location of an intended protest by a group, Arise Ghana. This, the Service said...

Tiler gets 7 years for defilement; claims victim forced him to have sex with her

Patrick Mawunyega, a 24-year-old tiler, who defiled a 15-year-old girl after helping her with her homework, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by...

Fake police officer in court over fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GHS70,000 bail with two sureties to a fake police officer who allegedly defrauded his fiancée of GHS...

Two arrested at Denu for stealing taxicab

Two men have been arrested by the police at Denu in the Volta Region last Tuesday for their alleged complicity in an attempt to...

Unidentified man found dead under bridge

An unidentified man, believed to be in his 70s, has been found dead under a bridge at Bontodiase at Asante Akyem Agogo. Residents, who...

Man, 73, another in court over GHC58K recruitment fraud

A 73-year-old businessman, Emmanuel King Opare, and 55-year-old teacher, Elizabeth Manukure, both residents of Akuapem Mamfe, have been put before Koforidua Circuit Court 'A'...

Armed robbers attack Bridget Otoo’s shop again

Armed robbers on Wednesday raided journalist Bridget Otoo's cement shop. This would be the second time her shop has been attacked; the first was in...

Man overpowers armed robber, beats him mercilessly for attempting to rape his wife

A suspected armed robber, Tosin Ominiyi, has been arrested while attempting to rape a woman after robbing her family of valuables in their house.Parading...

Man, 30, arrested after 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home

A man has been arrested after an 89-year-old woman was stabbed to death at home. Police were scrambled to the property in Croydon, South...

Presidential spouses emoluments case adjourned again

The Supreme Court has, for the second time, adjourned the case against presidential spouses and vice-presidential spouses being paid allowances to July 27. The first...

Couple conspires to defraud company of $650k

Husband and wife, both shareholders of Onango Ghana Limited, have confirmed to the Police that they took $650,000 from the company of which they...

Supreme Court throws out Ato Essien

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an application filed by founder and Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, seeking special leave...

Two arrested for tampering with ECG metres at Kpong

Two individuals who tampered with the newly installed prepaid meters by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Kpong in the Krobo district of...

Police retrieve body of woman with slit throat at Assin Fosu

The remains of a teenager suspected to have been murdered and dumped on the Assin Fosu - Yamoransa highway was Monday retrieved by the...

Man allegedly butchers pregnant woman and kid

A man has allegedly butchered a pregnant woman, slit open her belly and slashed her foetus at Atobora, near Tepa, in the Ashanti Region. The...

Man allegedly poisons two children to death; attempts suicide

A father has allegedly poisoned his two children to death at Shamaa in the Western Region. Reports indicate the incident happened on Sunday, after the...

Ato Essien heads to the Supreme Court

The embattled founder and Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has taken his fight to the Supreme Court seeking to...

Spiritualist causes arrest of boy, 13, in attempted money rituals

A 13-year-old boy is currently in the grips of the Police at Akyem – Bunso in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region...

Alleged coup trial truncated after accused person was rushed to hospital

The Hearing of the case in which some 10 persons are standing trial for their alleged involvement in an attempted coup was truncated after...

Father who attempted to use daughter for rituals faces off with journalists in court

There was drama at the District Court in Accra (Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit) hearing the case involving a 47-year-old businessman, who allegedly...

Phone repairer jailed for posting lady’s nude pictures on social media

A 22-year-old phone repairer has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for sharing intimate pictures of a Lebanese woman on social media. Appearing before an...

20 Togolese nationals arrested for unlawful assembly at Hohoe

The Hohoe Divisional Police Command has arrested 20 Togolese nationals for assembling for an unlawful purpose. The 20 persons arrested are all men aged...

Young lady found dead at Abura Dunkwa with body parts missing

A woman, believed to be in her 20s, has been found dead at Nkramofukrom near Abura Dunkwa in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of...

Husband arrested over murder of wife dies in custody

A man suspected of murdering his wife at Ada has died in police custody. The middle-aged man by the name of David Ayornu, who...

Kasoa teen murder case: Judge sheds tears while reading brief

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, on Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly...

One arrested as police hunt for two others over murder of 85-year-old man

The Police on June 16, 2022, arrested John Adonu, a welder, for his suspected involvement in the murder of an 85-year-old man, Joseph Tawiah...

Islamic SHS protest: I was assaulted and denied access to hospital – Teacher recounts

A 40-year-old teacher has been recounting how he was allegedly battered by crowd-control Police during the protest by students of Islamic High School in Kumasi...

Armed thugs who shot 5 including chief at Assin Praso arrested

Eight armed robbers who attacked and shot five people including the Chief at Adanse Praso in the Assin North District have been arrested by...

Kasoa ritual murder: Judge sheds tears in court

A High Court Judge, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, Thursday, shed tears when she read out the chilling accounts of how two teenagers allegedly killed...

Interesting details emerge about J.B. Danquah’s murder case

Police Chief Inspector Daniel Nkrumah, an Investigator, says the fingerprints, taken from the residence of the murdered J.B. Danquah-Adu, Abuakwa North Member of Parliament,...