Saturday, 3 January 2015

MEDIA SHOULD COMMENT ON COURT PROCEEDINGS ALONE..SAYS LAW LECTURER

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A criminal law lecturer at the Ghana Institute
of Management and Public Administration
(GIMPA) has called on the media to report
only court proceedings of the KKD alleged rape
scandal.
Isidore Tuffuor told Joy News that so far,
media trial of the case that broke on December
28, 2014 is prejudicial and may affect justice
delivery on the matter.
Kwasi Kyei Darkwah (KKD) is in police custody
after being charged with raping a 19-year-old
at the African Regency Hotel.
Mr Tuffuor’s comments come in the wake of
leakage CCTV security footage at the African
Regency Hotel showing KKD and the alleged
victim at the lobby of the hotel before the
alleged rape incident.
“It is so unfortunate that we have the footage
out there. It shouldn’t have been so. The
matter is actually in court right now. The
accused has been charged so we have to be
circumspect with the way we go about the
matter”, he admonished.
Authorities are yet to authenticate the validity
of the footage but it shows KKD and the
alleged victim before and after they entered
the suite in which the rape allegedly occurred.
Earlier, the charge sheet detailing the facts of
the case, which is currently before the
Kaneshie District Magistrate’s Court was also
leaked and circulated on social media. The
leakage of the charge revealed the identity of
the 19-year-old alleging she was raped —
something the police had tried hard to
prevent.
Mr Tuffuor says the media was stretching the
matter too far.
He said the media must “allow the court and
the parties in the matter before the court to
deal with the matter, not dig into the matter.”
According to him the CCTV footage could have
been admissible in court but with its leakage,
the court is not likely to consider it.

Source:myjoyonline

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