Bantama gang rape, One jailed 7 years for defilement, 4 referred to juvenile court for further prosecution. A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided by Mrs. Comfort Tasiameh, on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, has sentenced a 20-year-old man seven years imprisonment for defilement captured in a viral ‘gang rape’ video in a Bantama suburb in the Ashanti region.Ernest Asare, who is the oldest of five actors arrested in December, 2017 after a video of a teen being gang raped went viral on social media has been sentenced to prison with hard labour. The other actors who are minors and students in junior and senior high schools have been referred to the juvenile court for persecution and perhaps sentencing. All of the actors were all found guilty of conspiracy to commit defilement. The fifth convict was found guilty of an additional charge of aiding and abetting for filming the incident which later went viral on social media. An assembly man in the area caused the arrest after the video stirred up on social media. Non-governmental organization American Relief Center took interest in the case and offered assistance to the police. It paid for the police medical examination, transportation and an age assessment for some of the accused. Five months after the incident, a court judgment has left the convicts and their parents grieving as their fate was determined.
Source: damakmediapublication
