Articles from the ‘Court News’ category

Two Nigerians freed for want of prosecution

Posted by on March 29, 2007 at 3:18 pm in Court News

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday discharged two Nigerians who were standing trial on fraud charges, for want of prosecution.

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Driver convicted for careless driving

Posted by on at 3:15 pm in Court News

Francis Abaka, a driver from Assin Foso, was on Wednesday fined three million cedis for careless driving and negligently causing harm by a magistrate’s court at Assin Foso.

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Ex-Newmont employee swindles oil company

Posted by on at 3:04 pm in Court News

Peter Boahen, a 38 year old former employee of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited and 10 fuel pump attendants of TYCO Oil Company Limited on Sunyani were arraigned before a Circuit Court at Fiapre, near Sunyani for defrauding the company of 123 million cedis.

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Court stops Abubakar from testifying in U.S. over Abiola, others

Posted by on at 2:20 pm in Court News

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the former Head of State, retired Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, not to make any statement anywhere on the alleged abuse of human rights during his administration.

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Farmer jailed for stealing from a school

Posted by on at 2:17 pm in Court News

The Mankranso magistrate court has sentenced a 51-year-old farmer to two years imprisonment for unlawful entry and stealing at Biemso Number One Junior Secondary School in the Ahafo-Ano South district.

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Court fines two farmers three million cedis for trespassing in a forest reserve

Posted by on at 2:13 pm in Court News

An Nkwanta District Magistrate’s Court has fined Kwesi Aregba 18 and Mensah Akatey 21, both farmers 1.5 million cedis each for trespassing in the Kyabobo Wildlife Reserve in the Nkwanta District.

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Tagor & Alhaji Abass Cocaine Trial: Court Rules on 2nd set of secret Recordings

Posted by on March 28, 2007 at 6:49 pm in Court News
Kwabena Amaning ‘Tagor’
Kwabena Amaning ‘Tagor’

The Accra Fast Track High has ruled that a second set of secret recordings by the investigator in-charge of the case involving Kwabena Amaning, alias Tagor, and Alhaji Issah Abass on narcotic related offences should be tendered into evidence.

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Car swindler jailed two years

Posted by on at 3:49 pm in Court News

A Kumasi Circuit Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old driver to a two-year jail term in hard labour for stealing two taxicabs belonging to his employers.

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