Eight suspects, comprising five Ghanaians and three Nigerians have been arrested by the Ghanaian security agencies for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of two Canadian ladies. The victims, Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley 19 and Bailey Jordan Chitly were rescued by Ghanaian security operatives, early Wednesday at Sawaba, a Kumasi suburb. The Minister of Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, during a press briefing at Accra on Wednesday, disclosed that eight suspects, including five Ghanaians and three Nigerians have been arrested in connection with the crime. Nkrumah, while giving a brief account of the rescue operation, revealed that one of the Nigerians was believed to be the leader of the gang. “Gunshots were fired from within the premises. But the brief we had was that it took about 25 minutes to complete the operation. “At the end of the operation, the two Nigerians, who were holding the women had been subdued. And a third Nigerian, believed to be the leader...
Galina Kobzeva attacked Nadya Shustova after looking at the child and 'seeing Gollum from The Lord of the Rings laughing' The babysitter told the court she thought the child was the fictional villain Gollum A babysitter has been jailed for nine years after claiming she tried to kill her neighbour’s five-year-old daughter because she thought the child was Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. Galina Kobzeva, 69, attacked Nadya Shustova with a knife and hammer before throwing her off a third floor balcony. The badly injured child was close to death in hospital and survived by a “miracle". Pensioner Kobzeva, convicted of attempted murder, told a judge during her trial that she checked on Nadya as the girl watched TV and “suddenly saw Gollum from The Lord of the Rings” and the fictional hobbit “stared” at her “loudly laughing”. Mum Oksana Baleyko with her daughter Nadya A woman who witnessed part of the incident saw Kobzeva throwing the child from the balcony at a bloc...