Nungua: Police Lance Corporal arrested for raping wife of another Lance Corporal

• Posted on March 25, 2014
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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A Police Lance Corporal has been arrested for allegedly raping the wife of another Lance Corporal at Nungua in Accra.

The alleged rapist (name withheld) is said to have lured the victim (also name withheld) to his room on March 19 this year and forcibly had sex with her.

After the incident, the victim is said to have reported the case to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Kpeshie Divisional Police Command.

According to Finder investigations, the suspect was, therefore, arrested and is in police custody while investigations continue.

The investigations revealed that the police are waiting for medical report to continue with investigations.

The Finder’s investigation indicates that the suspect is a close friend of the victim’s husband (name withheld), who also happens to be a Police Lance Corporal.

The investigations revealed that the victim trusted the alleged suspect because of the close friendship that exists between her husband and the suspect.

The victim therefore least suspected the husband’s friend to attempt to rape her.

The investigations also revealed that the victim is a married woman with one child while the suspect, on the other hand, is said to have been recently married and has no child yet.

The two Lance Corporals have been close friends for some time now and both live in separate rented apartments at Nungua.

The suspect, the victim and her husband are all said to be in their 20s.

-Finder