{"id":463352,"date":"2018-02-11T04:13:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T04:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/11\/liberian-fined-18000-cedis-for-illegal-mining\/"},"modified":"2018-02-11T04:13:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T04:13:19","slug":"liberian-fined-18000-cedis-for-illegal-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/11\/liberian-fined-18000-cedis-for-illegal-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberian fined 18,000 cedis for illegal mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 11 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/75349204.295.jpg\" alt=\"Justice Mallet\" title=\"Justice Mallet\" width=\"295\" height=\"208\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Paul Nakaah pleaded guilty to the crime before the court<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518322399_592_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A Tarkwa circuit court has fined a Liberian GHC 18,000 for mining illegally and causing harm.<\/p>\n<p>The convict, Paul Nakaah, unemployed, who pleaded guilty to the crime,  in default would serve 48 months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) , Juliana Essel-Dadzie told the court that the complainant in the case is a resident of Kaniakor Top site and the convict resides at Nsueam.<\/p>\n<p>She said on January 11 this year, at about 1600 hrs, the complainant saw the convict prospecting for gold in front of his shop.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant then got closer to Nakaah and asked why he was searching for gold nuggets in front from his shop.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution said a quarrel ensued between them and the convict, who took offense, stabbed the complainant with a chisel on the left cheek whilst he was explaining the issue to a witness in this case.<\/p>\n<p>She said the complainant sustained a deep cut and bled profusely.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Essel-Dadzie said the complainant reported the case to the police and was issued with a medical report form to attend hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor said on February 2 the convict was arrested by the community police personnel at Nsueam and was later handed over to the Nsueam police to help them in their investigation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Sunday, 11 February 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2018-02-11 Paul Nakaah pleaded guilty to the crime before the court A Tarkwa circuit court has fined a Liberian GHC 18,000 for mining illegally and causing harm. The convict, Paul Nakaah, unemployed, who pleaded guilty to the crime, in default would serve 48 months in prison. 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