{"id":81793,"date":"2015-01-13T07:47:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T07:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=81793"},"modified":"2015-01-13T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T10:43:22","slug":"kkd-makes-second-attempt-at-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=81793","title":{"rendered":"KKD makes second attempt at bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ace broadcaster Kwesi Kyei Darkwa (KKD) will today [Tuesday] make a second attempt to seek bail, after being charged for allegedly raping a 19-year-old lady.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;cS7HfDw1uozXXIuCMmMbRVkYnwvUiODF&#8221;]He has been denied bail once\u00a0by a Kaneshi District court.<\/p>\n<p>He later resorted to the Human Rights court in Accra for bail but the case was not heard because the prosecutor said they needed more time to study KKD&#8217;s application.<\/p>\n<p>According to KKD&#8217;s lawyers, they are <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/13\/kkd-seeks-bail-human-rights-court-today\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>seeking bail at a higher court<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>because the District court does not have the locus to grant their client bail over a rape case.<\/p>\n<p>The fashion icon has been accused of raping 19-year-old Ewuraffe Orleans Thompson in December last year and has since been in the custody of the Police since December 28.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kkd-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78239\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kkd-2.jpg\" alt=\"kkd 2\" width=\"455\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kkd-2.jpg 455w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kkd-2-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KKD is facing charges for rape; an allegation he has flatly denied with the explanation that he had &#8220;consensual sex&#8221; with the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he was<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/08\/kkd-admitted-at-police-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong> rushed to the Police Hospital<\/strong><\/span><\/a> last week Thursday after he was spotted in the court limping.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ace broadcaster Kwesi Kyei Darkwa (KKD) will today [Tuesday] make a second attempt to seek bail, after being charged for allegedly raping a 19-year-old lady. 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