{
  "id": 7598111,
  "title": "Police corporal charged with murder over Central University student’s death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/police-corporal-charged-with-murder-over-central-university-students",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T17:29:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/police-corporal-charged-with-murder-over-central-university-students-death/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "General Corporal Robert Katey Koranteng, a police officer in Accra, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of 23-year-old Central University law student Ivan Apprey Baidoo. The incident allegedly occurred on August 27, 2026, when Baidoo was riding a motorbike to play football. According to prosecutors, Koranteng, who was on duty at a traffic intersection, pursued the motorbike after the rider, Samuel Wesley Arthur, failed to stop at a red light. After passing the Old Tollbooth on the Tema Motorway, Koranteng allegedly kicked the motorbike, causing Baidoo to lose control and crash into a concrete barrier. Baidoo was pronounced dead at Tema General Hospital, while Arthur was treated and discharged. A postmortem revealed that Baidoo's cause of death was haemorrhagic shock due to blunt trauma. Koranteng was arrested on September 12 and is due to be buried on September 19, 2026.",
  "summary": "The police officer who was arrested in connection with the death of 23-year-old Central University law student Ivan Apprey Baidoo has been arraigned at the Adabraka District Court in Accra and charged with murder. General Corporal Robert Katey Koranteng of the Ghana Police Service, who was stationed at the Traffic Management Enforcement Unit at the […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Police corporal Robert Katey Koranteng charged with murder.",
    "Ivan Apprey Baidoo, 23, died after motorbike crash on August 27, 2026.",
    "Koranteng arrested on September 12, to be buried on September 19, 2026."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/man-fatally-shot-in-jaffa-israel-police-investigating-suspected",
        "published": "2026-09-15T16:42:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Alleged murder: Police arrest ex-Ekiti road transport union chair, one other",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/alleged-murder-police-arrest-ex-ekiti-road-transport-union-chair-one",
        "published": "2026-09-15T17:20:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Police officer charged with murder over death of 20-year-old law student",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/police-officer-charged-with-murder-over-death-of-20-year-old-law",
        "published": "2026-09-15T18:51:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}