TWO RAPISTS JAILED 60 YRS (MIRROR, PAGE 27, NOV 28)

From Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi

A KUMASI Circuit Court, presided over by Mr E. Amo-Yartey has sentenced two friends who raped a lady to a total of 60 years imprisonment with hard labour. Each of them would serve 30 years.
They pleaded not guilty to the charge of rape but were found guilty after some months of trial.
The third accused person, Kofi Nyarko is on the run.
The convicts, according to Chief Inspector Comfort Baffuor-Kyei, the prosecutor said Yaw Gyamfi, alias Alhaji, 20, a drinking bar attendant and Akwasi Kodua, 19, a food vendor, and Nyarko, on December 26, last year went to the Briconer Drinking Spot at Asafo, Kumasi to drink. 
It was not long when the victim and her friend, Doreen, also arrived there for some soft drinks.
Chief Inspector Comfort Baffuor-Kyei said, when the victim and her friend entered the drinking parlour, the convicts were fascinated by her (victim’s) dress and immediately expressed interest in having sex with her
“To achieve their ambition, Gyamfi deliberately broke a bottle in the bar to create fear among the customers so that they would desert the premises,” the prosecutor told the court.
In the midst of the confusion, a witness in the case went to the aid of the victim and while he escorted her to the roadside to catch a taxi home the convicts attacked and snatched the victim away to the back of a house where they took turns to rape her.
According to the prosecution, while Gyamfi was raping the victim, Koduah also gagged her. The latter took his turn while Nyarko also enjoyed himself and later left the victim to her fate. 
Mrs Baffuor-Kyei said while the convicts were enjoying themselves, the witness was curiously watching the scene from a distance. 
He later escorted her to the Asokwa Police station where she lodged a complaint. 
A medical form was issued and after treatment it was duly endorsed by a medical officer and returned to the police.  
On January 1, 2009 Gyamfi was arrested and granted bail but he failed to report to the police and went into hiding but he was re-arrested. .
One week later, Kodua was also arrested and during a search on him, the victim’s mobile phone was found on him.