A 26-year-old woman, Queeny Akuffo, has been charged to court for raping another woman in Ghana. Her 22-year-old victim told the court on Wednesday that she carried out chores for the accused and on the day that the incident occurred, she was invited by the accused to cook for her.
She is said to have sedated Amoakwa, who is her neighbour and raped her with an artificial penis, otherwise called a dildo at Ablekuma in the Ga West District of Greater Accra.
Queeny has pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape and has been granted bail by the court.
On January 25, 2016, the victim was on her way to buy food for her son when she received an invitation to visit Queeny. According to the prosecution, the victim quickly went home to attend to her son before she honoured the invitation.
When she entered Queeny’s house, she was ushered into the sitting room, where Queeny offered her a glass of Vodka, but she declined. However, Queeny convinced her to take it with the explanation that it was non-alcoholic.
After she had taken the drink, the victim realized she was becoming tipsy but Queeny assured her it was normal.
“Later, Queeny sent her sister who lived with her to buy two bottles of beer which they consumed”, the prosecution said.
The victim passed out after taking the beer only for her to wake up the next day in her own house.
According to the prosecution, it was later that the victim realised that Queeny drugged and raped her with an artificial penis and recorded the act.
A 14-year-old boy, who lived in the neighbourhood and was visiting Queeny’s sister, had rushed to the victim’s house after he had been driven out by Queeny, to inform the victim’s parents that their daughter had been drugged by Queeny.
The boy claimed he had seen Queeny and the victim drinking together and later saw Queeny dragging the victim, who was in a wobbly state, into her bedroom before he was driven away.
The parents of the victim went to Queeny’s house and found her taking a video coverage with her mobile phone, while inserting the dildo into the private parts of their daughter.
The parents, who found their daughter in an unconscious state, took her to the police station to file a complaint that their daughter had been poisoned.
At Queeny’s house, the police retrieved the empty bottles of beer and Vodka, the vibrator and also found the video on Queeny’s mobile phone.
At Wednesday’s hearing, counsel for the accused, Mr Andrews Kudzo Vortia, suggested that the victim was fully aware of what to expect when she heeded to the accused’s call, adding that “the victim had fore knowledge of what will transpire at the house and thus could not say that she was raped by the victim.’’
In response, the victim informed the court that she went to the house of the accused because she normally helped with her house chores for a fee and not “to engage in any sexual activity with her.’’
She added that she accepted the drink that was offered to her by the accused because “I did not think it will lead to something bad.”
The case was, however, adjourned to March 15, 2016, for the continuation of the cross-examination of other witnesses. The courtroom was full with sympathisers of both the accused and the alleged victim, Graphic.com.gh reports.
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