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TikToker jailed one year for peddling falsehoods about President Mahama
The court, however, convicted her on the count of offensive conduct and imposed the one-year custodial sentence.
A Circuit Court in Accra slapped her with the jail term after pleading guilty to offensive conduct and publication of false news.
According to the lawyer, the defence pleaded for a lighter punishment, but the court indicated that the growing prevalence of such offences required a sentence that would serve as a deterrent.
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