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  • Unemployed slapped with 15-year jail sentence for defilement

    Unemployed slapped with 15-year jail sentence for defilement

    A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region has sentenced Stephen Owusu, a 40-year-old unemployed, 15 years in hard labour (IHL) for defiling a 12-year-old girl.

    Owusu pleaded guilty to a charge of defiling a minor.

    Detective Chief Inspector (D/C Inspt.) Timothy Ahiaduvor, the prosecutor told the Court presided by Osei Kofi Amoako, Esq. that the complainant, a project officer of Schaefer Child Development Centre, a non-governmental organisation based at Dormaa-Ahenkro, while the victim is vulnerable to the care of the complainant.

    He said in the afternoon of Monday, June 12, 2023, when the victim was returning from an errand, the convict met her on the way and sent her to buy a ball of kenkey for him, but the victim returned to inform the convict that there was no kenkey.

    D/C Inspt. Ahiaduvor said when the victim wanted to give back the cash of GhC10.00 to buy the kenkey, the convict held her hands, lured her into his room, removed her panties and sexually assaulted her.

    The prosecutor said when the convict was satisfied, he asked the victim to go with the GhC10.00 as compensation, adding that later the victim reported the incident to the project officer who brought her to the Police Station and reported the case.

    D/C Inspt. Ahiaduvor stated the victim was arrested and during interrogation, he admitted the offence.

  • 2 jailed 7 years each for stealing ‘pragyia’

    2 jailed 7 years each for stealing ‘pragyia’

    A Dormaa-Ahenkro Circuit Court has convicted and sentenced two persons to seven years each with hard labour for conspiracy to commit a crime and stealing a Bajaj tricycle valued at GHs 35,000.00.  

    Both convicts, Blessing Yeboah, aged 19, a driver’s mate and Isaac Ofosu, 25 years, a mason apprentice pleaded guilty to the two charges with explanation, but the Court presided by Mr Osei Kofi Amoako convicted them on their own plea.  

    The prosecuting officer, Police Inspector (P/Insp.) Emmanuel Asare told the Court the complainant, a tricycle rider resided at Koraso, a village near Dormaa-Ahenkro while Yeboah, first accused lived at Dormaa-Ahenkro and Ofosu, the second accused also resided at Amangoase in Berekum.  

    Police Insp. Asare said at about 5:00 on Thursday, May 4, 2023, the complainant detected his green Bajaj tricycle with registration number M-22-BA-109 was missing, and therefore reported the matter to the Police at Dormaa-Ahenkro and an extract was given to him to make an announcement to that effect on radio stations.   

    He said later, the Dormaa-Ahenkro Police received information from Wamfie Police that they had intercepted a Bajaj tricycle with the above-mentioned registration number and also arrested the convicts who were on board.  

    P/Insp. Asare stated that the Police accompanied by the complainant went to the place, saying the latter identified the tricycle as his and convicts were therefore re-arrested and detained for investigation.  

    He explained that the investigation revealed the convicts refused to stop at the Wamfie Police checkpoint and when the Police chased them, and escaped into a nearby bush, leaving behind the tricycle but were eventually apprehended.   

    P/Insp. Asare said during interrogations, the convicts admitted the offences and were accordingly charged and brought before the Court.  

  • Restrict black market operators to stabilize cedi – Appiah Kubi

    Appiah Kubi, a cold store operator at Dormaa-Ahenkro, has appealed to the government to restrict and eliminate black market currency operators to prevent the hoarding of foreign currencies.

    He reiterated the need for the government to streamline the activities of forex bureau operations through the implementation of pragmatic measures by the Central Bank.

    That, he said, would determine the correct identities of individual operators, to curb speculative foreign currency buying, contributing to the weakening of the cedi.

    The businessman observed that the rising cost of items in the market resulted from artificial inflation created by some unpatriotic, inconsiderate, avaricious traders because of their calculated, uncontrolled price hikes.

    Mr Kubi made the appeal speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Dormaa-Ahenkro, Dormaa Central Municipality of Region about the rippling effects of fuel price hikes, inflation and depreciation of the cedi, which according to him were eroding the purchasing power of customers and consumers nationwide.

    He also pleaded with the government to take steps to address the depreciation of the cedi and cautioned traders from taking undue advantage of systemic economic challenges to perpetrate economic illegalities in the country.

    In related interviews with the GNA, other business owners and traders lamented the current economic situation had caused the increasing operational costs of their businesses.

    Maame Yaa Kyeremaa, the second-hand clothes dealer, described the situation as “frustrating and deeply worrying.

    She said: “Because I wake up each day expecting to hear the announcement of new lorry fares and inflation rates”.

    Osofo Ameyaw Kwakye, an importer, also appealed to the government to introduce right interventions and measures to address “this harsh economic reality”.

    He pleaded with Ghanaians too to be patriotic enough to consider public interest first by stopping inflating prices of their goods and services which had not been directed by government and regulatory agencies.

  • Tricycle repairer fined for unlawful entry, damage

    A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro, Dormaa Central Municipality of Bono Region, has sentenced Ebenezer Dei, a tricycle repairer, to a fine of 150 penalty units for unlawful entry and causing damage to a Ghc50.00 padlock.

    Dei, 30, pleaded guilty to all three counts of possessing instruments intended for unlawful entry, causing unlawful damage and unlawful entry.

    In default he would serve three months imprisonment in hard labour.

    Chief Inspector Timothy Ahiaduvor, the prosecutor, told the court, presided by Mr Osei Kofi Amoako, that the complainant, Kwasi Baah, is a farmer who also operates a drinking bar at Asunsu Number One.

    The accused is a native of Asunsu Number Two in the Municipality.

    Prosecutor said the complainant, after close of work on Sunday, September 25, this year, locked the drinking bar and went home.

    However, at about 0200 hours Monday, September 26, he received a report that his drinking bar had been forcibly opened with the padlock damaged.

    P/C Inspt. Ahiaduvor said the complainant quickly went there and met the accused person holding two bottles of club beer, valued at GhC18.00, and two bottles of Guinness, worth GhC16.00

    Dei again stole GhC200.00 coins the complainant had kept in a plastic container.

    He was arrested with the hammer and a chisel he used to break into the shop and placed into police cells and charged with the offence after investigation.

    Source:GNA

  • Woman, 34, appears before court for defrauding by false pretence

    A businesswoman, 34, has been charged with defrauding by false pretence when she appeared before a circuit court at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region.

    Ms Patience Pokua Frimpong Duncan pleaded not guilty to the charge and the court granted her GhC140,000.00 bail with four sureties to be justified.

    The case has been adjourned to Wednesday, October 19, for further hearing.

    Police Inspector Joseph Danso Gyamfi, the prosecutor, told the court, presided by Mr Osei Kofi Amoako, that the complainant, a poultry farmer, resided at Kyeremasu whilst the accused, a dried maize dealer, lived at Amasu in the Dormaa Municipality.

    Inspt. Gyamfi said about six months ago, the accused collected 250 bags of maize, valued at GhC137,500.00, from the complainant, also a maize dealer, with the pretence of sending it to Accra to sell and pay back within a week but had failed to honour the promise.

    After fruitless attempts to retrieve either his money or the maize, the complainant made a report to the Kyeremasu Police, leading to the arrest of the accused.

    Inspt. Gyamfi said the accused claimed she gave the maize to her husband in Accra to sell but he had failed to bring the money.

    The accused is yet to lead the police to the husband, who had refused to report to the police.

    The prosecutor said she was consequently charged with the offence after investigations.

    Source: GNA