Ghana: Editor of the Herald Jailed 7 Days for Contempt

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.

Journalist jailed for reporting on Kevin Okyere fraud petition

The Managing Editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Dogbey, has been convicted and sentenced to seven days' imprisonment by an Accra High Court in a case directly connected to his publication's reporting on a $94 million fraud allegation involving Ghanaian oil billionaire Kevin Okyere and Swiss multinational Petraco Oil Company SA.The ruling was delivered on June 25, 2026, by Justice Isaac Addo of the Accra High Court. Dogbey announced the convic…

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. …

High Court Jails Herald Publisher Larry Dogbey for Contempt

The Managing Editor and Publisher of The Herald newspaper, Larry Dogbey, has been sentenced to seven days in prison by an Accra High Court after being found guilty of contempt. The ruling was delivered on Thursday, June 25, 2026, by Justice Isaac Addo. Mr. Dogbey subsequently confirmed the conviction in a social media post, where he criticized the court’s decision and defended The Herald’s reporting on a dispute involving businessman Kevin Okyer…

Herald Publisher Larry Dogbey jailed for contempt of court

By Amoako Kwame An Accra High Court has sentenced veteran journalist and Publisher of The Herald newspaper, Larry Dogbey, to seven days in prison after finding him guilty of contempt of court. The ruling was delivered on Thursday, June 25, 2026, by Justice Isaac Addo. Mr Dogbey subsequently confirmed the conviction in a social media post and in comments to Citi News, where he criticised the decision and defended the newspaper’s reporting on a di…

From 'the law is the law' to 7 days in jail: Larry Dogbey's 2025 post resurfaces after sentencing

The Herald's Larry Dogbey has been jailed for seven years over the coverage of Kevin Okyere and Petraco SA. Ghanaians have dug up his quote of Gertrude Torkornoo