Articles from the ‘Court News’ category
Posted by Contributor on January 26, 2011 at 9:45 am in Court News, Local News
The Akim Oda Magistrate Court has ordered a private lotto operator, Joseph Adamu, to pay a sum of GH¢1,370, for pirating on National Lotteries Authority (NLA) drawn numbers for his illegal operations without authorisation. Adamu pleaded guilty. In a judgement by the court presided over by Mr Albert Owusu Annor, Adamu would pay a fine [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 20, 2011 at 10:02 am in Court News, Local News, Other Top Stories
Simon Atta Kyei, a farmer and an ex-convict who assaulted his mother and brother and threatened to kill the mother, was on Wednesday sentenced to two years in prison in hard labour by the Kade District Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mr Abdul Majid Iliasu. The prosecution said Kyei threatened to cut off the head [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 19, 2011 at 10:02 am in Court News, Local News, Other Top Stories
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, outgoing Eastern Regional Minister, has said the courts have not helped security agencies to stem the tide of illegal mining in the Region. He said the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), had been more than committed to the cause of fighting “galamsey” activities but it seemed to [...]
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Posted by HAMZA LOLLY on January 17, 2011 at 4:15 pm in Court News, Local News, Other Top Stories
The Tamale High Court on Thursday ruled in favour of the embattled Paramount Chief of the Buipe Traditional Area, Buipewura Abdulai Mahama Jinapor II, who on the 14th May, 2010 was deskinned by the Traditional Council of Gonjaland. The paramount chief had been accused of pulling a gun and threatening to shoot one of his [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 15, 2011 at 3:23 pm in Court News, Local News
The Kade District Magistrate Court, presided over by Mr Abdul Majid Iliasu, on Friday sentenced two persons to a total fine of GHC 1,200 for stealing six bags of cement. The items belonged to the Kade Trinity Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana valued at GH¢46.40. Mohammed Ali, a fitter and Joseph Ackah, unemployed, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:22 pm in Court News, Local News
Clement Nusetor, a driver, who admitted before the Kade District Magistrate’s Court for having served three years at the Nsawam prisons for stealing a goat was on Friday sentenced to 24 months in prison in hard labour by the court. He pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted stealing palm oil. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:21 pm in Court News, Local News, Other Top Stories
-Kwame Asiedu, a small-scale gold miner, who bit off the ear of another gold miner, Nana Adu, was on Friday fined GH¢600 by the Kade District Magistrate Court. In default, Asiedu who pleaded not guilty for causing harm, will go to prison for nine months in hard labour. Additionally, he was asked to compensate Nana [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 14, 2011 at 7:37 pm in Court News, Local News
A High Court in Accra has adjourned the first hearing of a case involving the management and former workers of the Ghana International Airlines. The workers have sued management over its failure to pay them their severance package. Management of the company in April last year sent home over 140 workers after it became apparent [...]
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