Six students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been placed on remand today, August 3, 2022.
A first-year student was allegedly raped by the suspects.
This comes after the suspects were arraigned at the Asokore Mampong District Court.
This is the second time a KNUST student has been charged with raping another student at the school.
In an interview with Accra-based TV3, the lawyer of the suspects, Richard Adu Darko, stated that he believes his clients are innocent until they are found guilty by the court or enter a plea of guilty.
“Looking at the fact which has been presented to us, honestly we don’t see rape but that’s what they have been accused of and once someone is accused, the law says the person is innocent until proven guilty or the person pleads otherwise.
“So, now until they plead that they are guilty or a court of competent jurisdiction finds them guilty, they are innocent. At this material moment, this is a court of the first instance and they have been brought here for purposes of remanding them into lawful custody,” he said.
According to him, for the six students to participate in their end-of-semester exams, he will go through the proper forum to obtain bail for them.
A second hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, after today’s adjournment.
This incident is the second of its kind to be reported on the KNUST campus in the last three weeks.
On July 19, 2022, a KNUST level 400 student named Joel Osei Owusu and a police officer is known as General L/Cpl Frank Adu-Poku, stationed at Bomso were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a first-year student of the school.
The victim filed a complaint with the KNUST District CID two days later, and an inquiry was started.
The defendant identified General L/Cpl Frank Adu-Poku as his accomplice during questioning and admitted to having had sex with the complainant.
