{"id":444643,"date":"2017-12-07T12:21:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/my-client-will-die-in-custody-alleged-rapists-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:21:32","slug":"my-client-will-die-in-custody-alleged-rapists-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/07\/my-client-will-die-in-custody-alleged-rapists-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"My client will die in custody &#8211; Alleged rapist\u2019s lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  7 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/78846961.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lebanese Suspect\" title=\"Lebanese Suspect\" width=\"295\" height=\"235\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Rabih Haddad is suspected to have raped his 19-year-old househelp<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Attempts by the lawyer for the 39-year-old Lebanese who is alleged to have raped his 19-year-old house help to get bail for his client failed when the Accra Central District Court remanded the accused.<\/p>\n<p>A bail application by Mr Raphael Poku-Edusei, the lawyer for Rabih Haddad, was thrown out by the court on the basis that it lacked jurisdiction to grant bail.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Edusei had made a passionate appeal for bail for his client, arguing that Haddad had a serious medical condition and would die if remanded in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>According to counsel, Haddad had a serious heart condition and had once fainted in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe risk trying a dead man. To confine him to a police cell means the next thing is a burial,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the court, presided over by Ms Arit Nsemoh, declined to admit Haddad to bail and rather advised his lawyer to apply for bail at the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not have original jurisdiction and so apply for bail at the High Court,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>The presiding magistrate then remanded the accused into police custody and adjourned the case to December 19, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Present in court yesterday was a former Attorney-General, Mrs Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, who watched brief for the alleged victim.<\/p>\n<p>Per the facts, as presented by the prosecutor, Superintendent of Police Mr Kweku Bempah, the 19-year-old house help was employed by Haddad and his wife in November 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the house help moved into the Haddad\u2019s house, the prosecutor said, Haddad had been pestering her for sex.<\/p>\n<p>According to Supt Bempah, on November 30, 2017, Haddad lured the house help into one of the bedrooms upstairs and \u201cforcibly had sexual intercourse with her when his wife and other occupants of the house had gone out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that on December 2, 2017, Haddad requested the house help to prepare coffee for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she went to the kitchen to prepare the coffee, Haddad went to her and demanded to have sexual intercourse with her. She resisted and that infuriated Haddad, who slapped her and hit her on the neck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe then dragged her into the master bedroom, stripped her naked and forcibly had sex with her on the bed,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Supt Bempah said the house help reported her ordeal to a co-worker, who also gave the information out to the police.<\/p>\n<p>The matter, he said, was subsequently reported to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), leading to Haddad\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 43 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 7 December 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-12-07 Rabih Haddad is suspected to have raped his 19-year-old househelp Attempts by the lawyer for the 39-year-old Lebanese who is alleged to have raped his 19-year-old house help to get bail for his client failed when the Accra Central District Court remanded the accused. 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