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General News of Sunday, March 31, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-03-31
The driver and his companion who badaulted a police officer
The commercial driver and his mate who were seen in a viral video fighting a uniformed police offer accused police of using torture to force them to plead guilty.
The couple, Francis Buabeng (the driver) and Albert Ansah (his teammate), who was released on bail Friday by a court in Weija after the intervention of nine lawyers, said the police had resorted to torture to force them to accept the charges that they later denied to the court.
During an interview with Joy FM, Mr. Buabeng said that they had been brutalized by police after their initial arrest until their first court appearance. He said fear for their lives when they were placed in police custody for two weeks due to the intensification of torture.
He added that an IDC officer and police officers after the beatings had advised them to accept the plea of guilty and to ask the court for forgiveness.
Mr. Buabeng explained that they had pleaded not guilty to the court because after hearing the charges, they understood that it had not happened.
They claimed that the police were very furious when they returned to prison and emptied their spleen by slapping them and keeping them in inhumane conditions.
Context
On March 14, 2019, the driver and his companion were harbaded with the police officer, the agent Julius Mawuli Ekpe. The incident became viral after downloading a video clip on social media.
The court admitted the two men to pay bail of 10,000 cedis each with two bonds. The case was sent back to April 1st.
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