{"id":448602,"date":"2017-12-20T10:43:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T10:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/alleged-rape-of-19-year-old-house-help-lawyer-accuses-state-of-victimising-client\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T10:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T10:43:27","slug":"alleged-rape-of-19-year-old-house-help-lawyer-accuses-state-of-victimising-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/alleged-rape-of-19-year-old-house-help-lawyer-accuses-state-of-victimising-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged rape of 19-year-old house help: Lawyer accuses state of victimising client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/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\/92398092.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rabih Haddad   Rapist Suspect\" title=\"Rabih Haddad   Rapist Suspect\" width=\"295\" height=\"237\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The accused person, Haddad Rabih<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The lawyer for the Lebanese, 39, who was arrested for allegedly raping his 19-year-old house help, is accusing the state of victimisation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Ralph Poku Adusei, the accused person, Haddad Rabih, was being victimised because he had been labelled as a Lebanese rapist.<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged there was crisis on hand because the prosecution was not explicit on why his client was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel also told the High Court considering a bail application from the accused person on Tuesday that the defence had raised an alibi.<\/p>\n<p>A Senior State Attorney, Ms Rebecca Smith, indicated that the state had filed an affidavit of opposition to the accused person\u2019s request for bail.<\/p>\n<p>The presiding judge, Mr Justice Kofi Dorgu, told the court that he was studying the bail application and other documents filed in connection with the case.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was adjourned to January 8, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The accused person was not present in court because he is currently on admission at the Ridge Hospital in Accra.<\/p>\n<p><b>Remand<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Attempts by Mr Adusei to get bail for his client failed when the Accra Central District Court remanded the accused person.<\/p>\n<p>The court, accordingly, threw out the bail application on the basis that it lacked jurisdiction to grant bail.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Adusei had made a passionate appeal for a 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 the 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>No jurisdiction<\/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, 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><b>Facts<\/b><\/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 Haddads\u2019 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,\u201d 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: 50 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 Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-12-20 The accused person, Haddad Rabih The lawyer for the Lebanese, 39, who was arrested for allegedly raping his 19-year-old house help, is accusing the state of victimisation. 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