The murderer of the owner of the Royal Cosy Hills Hotel, Eric Johnson, aka ‘Jirapa Dubai’, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The owner of the hotel in Jirapa in the Upper West Region was killed in February 2024.

Justice Yussif Assibey, the presiding judge of the High Court in Wa, sentenced Elisha Mahama to life.

Two other accused persons, Belinda Miller and Kweku Kankumbata, were acquitted and discharged.