Lawyers for Dr. Sulley Ali Gabass, the medical practitioner who has been accused of sodomizing a 16-year-old boy, have ended their cross-examination of the alleged victim.
[contextly_sidebar id=”nAJxPt1bXm44R5jCFMBd86f9F0nMSLk9″]The end of the cross examination which lasted for over a month and held in camera will pave the way for a ruling on the case if both the state and the defense lawyers do not present additional witnesses.
Dr. Gabass who has been charged with defilement and unnatural carnal knowledge, failed to secure bail on two occasions and is being kept in prison custody.
He has however pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against him.
At previous sitting lawyers for Dr Gabass presented a medical report to the court that showed that the accused person was not well and needed some time to recover.
Background:
The victim reportedly met Ali Gabass on Facebook.
They are said to have chatted online and communicated on phone for a while.
The suspect subsequently arranged and met the victim at the Kasoa Market area in 2014 where he forcibly had sex with him in his car.
According to the Police, Dr Gabass had three more anal sex with the victim after the first encounter.
The case so far:
October 22, 2014: The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Western Regional Police Command launched investigations into a case in which a medical doctor is alleged to have sodomized a 16-year-old senior high school student.
October 23, 2014: Three health bodies, including a regulator, assured Ghanaians that they will not shield Dr Sulley Ali-Gabass from any legal process being pursued by mandated constitutional bodies in his alleged sodomy case.
October 24, 2014: Ali Gabass was remanded in prison custody until November 7, 2014.
November 7, 2014: Some journalists were assaulted by relatives of Dr. Ali Gabass at the Cocoa Affairs Court when they tried to take photos of the doctor.
November 27, 2014: The 16-year-old boy who was allegedly sodomized by Ali Gabass was interrogated by some lawyers at the Accra Circuit Court.
December 1, 2014: The Accra Circuit Court for the second time dismissed an application for bail by lawyers of Ali Gabass.
January 7, 2015: The Accra Circuit Court hearing the case involving Dr Sulley Ali Gabass adjourned the case to January 23,2015 for continuation of cross examination of the 16-year-old victim by the defense counsel.
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana