Ghana: Editor of the Herald Jailed 7 Days for Contempt

The Accra High Court has sentenced the Editor-in-Chief of The Herald newspaper, Larry Alans Dogbey, to seven days imprisonment for contempt of court.

The sentence was handed down on Thursday by Justice Isaac Addo after the court found Dogbey guilty of breaching an injunction that restrained him from publishing alleged defamatory stories about Mr Kevin Okyere, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Springfield Exploration and Production Limited.

Mr Okyere, in an application for committal for…