{"id":380355,"date":"2017-12-05T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=380355"},"modified":"2017-12-06T07:21:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T07:21:29","slug":"lebanese-rape-suspect-remanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/lebanese-rape-suspect-remanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese rape suspect remanded"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Accra Central District Magistrate Court presided over by Arit Nsemoh, has remanded into police custody, Rabih Haddad, the Lebanese boss suspected to have raped his Ghanaian house help at his Airport Hills Residential home in Accra.<\/p>\n
The 39-year old accused is to reappear before the court on December 19, 2017.<\/p>\n
The counsel for the accused prayed for bail, but the court refused on grounds that they did not have the jurisdiction to do so.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n The victim in this rape and assault case, who speaks only Ewe and French, said the suspect beat her after his apparent displeasure with the coffee she had prepared for him.<\/p>\n Following the incident, he dragged her to a bedroom and raped her, according to the victim, who spoke to Citi News<\/strong> at the police station.<\/p>\n She said he slapped her twice in her face, finally overpowered her and dragged her to his bedroom where she was raped.<\/p>\n She had also told the Daily Graphic newspaper that she is consistently harassed for sex by her boss anytime his wife was not at home.<\/p>\n