{"id":77979,"date":"2014-12-29T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77979"},"modified":"2014-12-29T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T14:13:27","slug":"kkd-processed-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=77979","title":{"rendered":"KKD being processed for court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Ghanaian personality, Kwasi Kyei Darkwa, popularly known as KKD, is being processed for court.<\/p>\n<p>His counsel, Nana Asante Bediatuo in an interview with <strong>Citi News <\/strong>said\u00a0he will later\u00a0file a bail application at the court.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;elEbAxQv2crhO16rEpe9GNMduNbQfFJf&#8221;]According to <strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Franklin Badu Jnr, Nana Asante Bediatuo said\u00a0his client is being processed for court because the Police have 48 hours to put him before a court \u201cfor the court to determine whether he should be held or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KKD was arrested on Sunday at the African Regent Hotel over alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old girl but his Counsel has\u00a0dismissed the claims with the explanation that his\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/28\/rape-claims-against-kkd-false-sex-was-consensual-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\">client and the complainant \u00a0had \u201cconsensual sex\u201d<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to him, KKD has not been \u201ccharged with any crime; we are looking forward to going to court and making a prayer to the court for bail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was however optimistic that considering the merits of the case, KKD is likely to be granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Asante Bediatuo has\u00a0commended the Police personnel at the Airport Police station for not infringing upon the rights of his client since his arrest on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Police have acted fairly and have carried out their investigations with decorum \u201cand we don\u2019t have any difficulty with that. There is nothing untoward about it; the police have to get to the bottom of the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KKD\u2019s counsel pointed out that such kinds of investigations sometimes turn out to help the accused persons \u201cand in fact, it may reveal that the allegations are baseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some family members and friends of KKD are expected to join him today at court.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Ghanaian personality, Kwasi Kyei Darkwa, popularly known as KKD, is being processed for court. His counsel, Nana Asante Bediatuo in an interview with Citi News said\u00a0he will later\u00a0file a bail application at the court. 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