All 13 male students of the University
of Ghana who were accused of inserting their fingers into the private part of
an alleged female thief have been discharged by a circuit call in Accra. The
students were charged on three counts of conspiracy to commit crime, assault
and causing unlawful harm for
wont of prosecution. Early last year, some students of the University were
captured on video manhandling a lady they accused of stealing a laptop and a
mobile phone. They stripped her naked and allegedly inserted their fingers into
her private parts as she tried in vain to stop the assault. The
alleged female thief by name Amina Haruna was physically harassed by some male
students of the Mensah Sarbah Hall annex B after they arrested her around
3:00am for allegedly stealing a laptop and other gadgets belonging to a female
student of the mixed hall. Instead of handing her over to the University
police, the students many of whom were males stripped her naked and physically
abused her and recorded the act. Amina was rescued by one security officer at the university.
Speaking after the hearing, Counsel for the accused Rockson Dafiamekpor said
after almost 16 months, the prosecution had failed to make a case against his
clients. He said the complainant has also never been to court since the case
was put before court. According to him, there had been one adjournment after
another forcing the judge to discharge the suspects.
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