Tag: JAIL

UWR: Man who killed Royal Cosy Hills Hotel CEO sentenced to life imprisonment

Ramar Tee

The High Court in Wa has today, Wednesday, October 15, 2025, sentenced Elisha Mahama, the principal suspect in the murder of Eric Johnson, the late owner of Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, widely known as Jirapa Dubai in the Upper West Region to life imprisonment. The jury in a unanimous 7–0 verdict found the then Human Resource Manager guilty of murder. Two other accused, Belinda Miller, and Kweku Kombata were acquitted and discharged. The case trial that captivated the Upper West Region, lasting for almost a year has finally been brought…

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Dismissed Police Officer Jailed 12 Years for Defiling 13-Year-Old Girl in Koforidua

Jasmine Adjei

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” has sentenced former police corporal Emmanuel Nyame to 12 years in prison for defiling a 13-year-old girl who was living with his fiancée. According to Regional State Attorney Emily Addo-Kyereh, the incident occurred on April 11, 2019, while Nyame’s fiancée was attending a funeral. Nyame lured the victim into his car under the guise of running an errand, then drove her to a drinking spot in Koforidua, where he asked her to assist a woman with cooking. He later took the girl to a funeral…

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TikToker jailed seven months for threats against Mahama, other govt officials

Ramar Tee

David Kwodow Prah Afful, the man seen in a viral video threatening to kill the President, Members of Parliament, and other government officials if he had a gun or a cutlass, has been sentenced to seven months in prison. Afful, popularly known on social media as Kwame Nkrumah II, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court where he pleaded guilty to charges of threat of death and offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace. He pleaded with government officials to forgive him for his behaviour. The Ghana Police Service…

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A/R: Court jails 35-yr-old man for defrauding by false pretenses

Ramar Tee

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has informed the general public that Abdul Munaf Lawal, aged 32, has been convicted and sentenced to thirty-five years imprisonment with hard labour for the offence of Defrauding by False Pretenses.Re The conviction follows a case reported on 27th July 2023, in which the accused, Abdul Munaf Lawal, collected an amount of USD 50,000 from the complainant under the pretext of converting it to the Ghana Cedi equivalent. However, after receiving the funds, the accused failed to fulfil his part of the agreement and subsequently…

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Labourer Sentenced to One Day in Jail for Window Frame Theft

Jasmine Adjei

A 34-year-old labourer, Kingsford Nii Sackey, has been sentenced to a single day in prison by the Circuit Court in Accra after admitting to stealing window net frames worth GH¢30,875. In addition to the brief jail term, Sackey was fined GH¢6,000. Failure to pay the fine could result in an extra three-month sentence. The court, led by Justice Susana Eduful, also imposed a separate penalty of 500 units, which carries another three-month jail term if unpaid. The incident occurred at a construction site in Dansoman, where Sackey and the complainant,…

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