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Court sentences Bantama gang-rapists to 36 months in prison

A Kumasi Circuit Court on May 30 sentenced the first suspect in the gang rape incident to seven years in prison with hard labour.

The suspects are to serve their sentence in a Senior Correctional Facility.

A report presented to the court recommended that the suspect who was charged with aiding and abetting be given a 12-months’ sentence but Her Worship, Christian Cann, rejected the recommendation and insisted that all the suspects serve the same sentence.

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The suspects and their relatives could not hold back their tears when they stepped out from the court.

The suspects have been charged with conspiracy to rape.

The boys were among seven teenagers who were seen on video gang-raping another teenager at Bantama in Kumasi.

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