{"id":464699,"date":"2018-02-15T20:40:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T20:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/kumasi-gang-rape-victim-witnesses-refuse-to-assist-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T20:40:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T20:40:25","slug":"kumasi-gang-rape-victim-witnesses-refuse-to-assist-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/kumasi-gang-rape-victim-witnesses-refuse-to-assist-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi gang-rape: Victim, witnesses refuse to assist prosecution"},"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, 15 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/68409585.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bantama Gang Rape Suspects Eo\" title=\"Bantama Gang Rape Suspects Eo\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The 5 boys who allegedly gang-raped a girl<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A Kumasi court has subpoenaed two witnesses to appear before it in a case in which four teenagers gang-raped a minor, captured on video and circulated on social media late last year.<\/p>\n<p>The two, the Unit Committee Chairman for Bantama Kwabena Boateng, and Yaw Amankwaa, the tenant in whose house the dastardly act was committed had all declined to willingly appear to testify.<\/p>\n<p>Even the victim, according to Luv FM\u2019s Erastus Asare Donkor has also refused to cooperate with the prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>She spent three hours at the State Attorney\u2019s office but will not tell the lawyers anything about how it happened or what they actually did to her, Donkor reported.<\/p>\n<p>These the prosecutors find unnerving and could hamper efforts to punish the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the obvious challenge, the prosecutors are willing to go ahead with the case and have the suspects prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>One of the two witnesses, the unit committee member was arrested and hauled before the court, Wednesday to give an account of what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting was in camera, Donkor reported. 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