{"id":384924,"date":"2017-12-20T22:47:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T22:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=384924"},"modified":"2017-12-20T22:48:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T22:48:56","slug":"sexual-assault-suspects-remanded-hearing-resumes-on-dec-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/sexual-assault-suspects-remanded-hearing-resumes-on-dec-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual assault suspects remanded, hearing resumes on Dec. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three teenagers, who are standing trial over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl at Bantama in the Ashanti Region, were today [Wednesday], remanded to Juvenile cells to re-appear in court on Wednesday, December 27, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Juvenile Court, was presided over by His Worship, Peter Oppong Boahen, at the Asokwa District Court.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;9JtHhlVbts0LHjCKlo5dK9Ao74IUcxhj&#8221;]According to the lawyer for the suspects, John Boamah, the prosecution told the court that they are still investigating the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will come back next week for determination of the matter. With juvenile cases when we talk of remands, they could be in the custody of their parents or they may be in the juvenile cells that\u2019s all, we do not remand them. According to the police, investigation is still ongoing, so not until the matter is proved that they are guilty, we don\u2019t need to have any further discussion that is my humble prayer to the press, so we need to keep calm, at the end of the trial, the truth will come to light\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n<p>Proceedings will be in-camera because the suspects are juveniles.<\/p>\n<p>The three boys\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/18\/3-arrested-over-bantama-gang-rape-video\/\"><strong>were arrested<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Saturday after a video, which allegedly showed them and four others, sexually assaulting a girl, went viral, and was met with widespread criticism from the Ghanaian public.<\/p>\n<p>The Police confirmed the arrests at a press conference stating that, the suspects are Junior High School and Senior High School students, but refused to reveal their ages.<\/p>\n<p>The whereabouts of the four accomplices are still unknown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Hafiz Tijani&amp;Farida Yusif\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three teenagers, who are standing trial over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl at Bantama in the Ashanti Region, were today [Wednesday], remanded to Juvenile cells to re-appear in court on Wednesday, December 27, 2017. 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