A Swedish court on Friday sentenced Ghanaian football player in Sweden\u2019s second division to two years in prison for raping and beating his wife.<\/p>\n
After serving his sentence, 22-year-old Kwame Bonsu, who played for the Gefle IF club, will be expelled from the Scandinavian country where he has lived in since 2013, the Gavle District Court said.<\/p>\n
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Bonsu will also not be allowed to return to the country over the next ten years unless he is pardoned.<\/p>\n
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Gefle on Friday said Bonsu was dismissed from the team with immediate effect. he will also have to pay 245,000 kronor (at least 25,000 euros, $28,000) in compensation to his wife, who is a Swedish national.<\/p>\n
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The former Hearts of Lions player first met her in 2014 when he was playing in the southern Swedish city of Mjolby. They married the following year. A few months after the wedding he signed a transfer to the town of Gavle, located about 300 kilometres (190 miles) away from Mjolby.<\/p>\n
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Bonsu\u2019s wife had wanted him to stay to continue his studies. The victim said the rape and beatings took place in the couple\u2019s apartment during an evening in November 2015 when he had refused to let her out.<\/p>\n
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Bonsu repeatedly denied the charges, but testimony from his wife\u2019s relatives led the court to believe the victim\u2019s version of events.<\/p>\n
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