KOBINA TWUM vs. THE REPUBLIC [2018]DLCA5162

Date	2018-01-16
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/3/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5162

IRENE C. LARBI (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING)

LAWRENCE L. MENSAH) J.A.

A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) J.A.

ISAAC BAIDOO FOR THE APPELLANT

NANA AISHA SALIFU FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA5162
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOBINA TWUM<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/3/17&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 16TH JANUARY,
2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ISAAC BAIDOO FOR THE
APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NANA
AISHA SALIFU FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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IRENE
C. LARBI (MRS) J.A. (PRESIDING),
LAWRENCE L. MENSAH) J.A., A.
M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS), J.A<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an
appeal against the judgment of the Cape Coast High Court dated 7th
November 2013. In the said judgment, the appellant herein who was charged with
the offence of rape contrary to Section 97 of Act 29/60 as amended by Act
554/98 was convicted of same and sentenced to 15 years Imprisonment with Hard
Labour.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The facts of the
case as presented before the trial High Court are that the victim (PW1) is one
Phoebe Nartey who is an apprentice seamstress at Breman Asikuma, whilst the
accused (appellant herein) is a fridge repairer who lives at Ajumako
Onwane.&nbsp; On 23rd August, 2012
at about 9.00 pm, the victim was on her way from Gomoa Maim where she had gone
to see her father. She was waiting at Ekumfi Essarkyir for a vehicle to board
on her way back when the accused appeared in a Tico Taxi cab and offered her a
lift.&nbsp; At Mando the appellant told the
victim that he was not proceeding further.&nbsp;
The victim had to alight and try catching another vehicle.&nbsp; She could not get another vehicle and the accused
who was still around told the victim that it was going to be difficult for her
to get a vehicle at that time of the night and so she should go and pass the
night with his own children in their room.&nbsp;
The victim joined the accused to his house only to realize that there
were no children in the room that the accused allocated to her.&nbsp; The accused then asked the victim to allow
him to have sex with her but she refused.&nbsp;
The accused persisted in trying to have sex with the victim but she
still refused and pleaded with him that she was in her menstrual period.&nbsp; The accused still persisted and in the process,
tore the victim’s panties and had non-consensual sex with her.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
After the act,
the accused provided the victim with a bowl of water to wash her vagina.&nbsp; The accused then gave the victim’s phone back
to her.&nbsp; The victim, on putting her phone
on, took advantage and activated the recording on her phone to record what
happened between the accused and herself. Early the following day, 24th
August 2012 the accused offered to drop the victim at Ajumako</main>