Crime
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Soldiers demanded GHC50,000 each to join coup against Akufo-Addo – Witness tells court
A prosecution witness in the ongoing treason trial of some ten persons including seven officers of the Ghana Armed Forces has told an Accra High Court how the soldiers who were recruited to allegedly…
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Suspects in police custody for assaulting officer who foiled sale of fake phone at circle
Two men, Evans Addo aged 42 and Godfred Akrofi, 32 years old, have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command for assaulting a Policeman at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. Police Constable…
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Court jails lady for 4 years for causing her own miscarriage
A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after she was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter following a miscarriage allegedly brought on by drug use. Brittney Poolaw, who was 19 at the…
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20-year-old Togolese handed a 12-year jail term for defiling minor
A 20-year-old man, Michael Banu, has been convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old girl. The Kibi Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Peter Oppong-Boahen pas…
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Haitian gangs kidnap U.S. missionaries while visiting orphanage
A U.S. Christian aid organization on Sunday said a group of its missionaries had been kidnapped in Haiti, a further sign the Caribbean nation’s gangs are growing increasingly brazen amid political a…
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‘Fake’ UK police officer nabbed while trying to kidnap schoolgirl
A man who posed as a police officer has been arrested on suspicion of trying to kidnap a young schoolgirl. Sussex Police say a man, who was wearing a yellow hi-visbility jacket, approached a 14-year-…
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13-year-old shoots rival at Bronx playground over Snapchat fight
A 13-year-old boy shot at another young boy his age over a Snapchat fight. The two boys had been fighting by sending messages to each other on SnapChat. Then, on Oct. 6 the suspect sent a message thr…
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Husband of Olympic medalist Agnes Tirop arrested over her murder
The husband of Kenya’s top athlete Agnes Tirop, has been arrested in connection with her murder. 25-year-old Tirop, who represented the country in the 5,000m women’s race during the Tokyo Olympics, …
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Millionaire Robert Durst handed a life sentence for murdering best friend
US real estate heir Robert Durst has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his best friend. Durst, now 78, was the subject of the HBO crime documentary series, The Jinx, in whic…
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Police arrest angry husband after beating prophetess to ‘coma’
A 43-year-old, Kwabena Afriyie, has been arrested by the Anwiankwata District Police Command for beating his divorced wife, Prophetess Hagar Afriyie to coma. The unfortunate incident which happened o…