Sodomy:Dr Gabass remanded for 2 weeks (photos)
The medical doctor said to have sodomised a 16-year-old senior high school student has been remanded in police custody until November 7, 2014.
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This is to enable investigators more time to probe the case.
The mandatory 48-hour period within which the police can hold a suspect under investigation elapsed Friday.
Therefore, the investigators arraigned Dr Sulley Ali-Gabass at the Cocoa Affairs Court Friday morning to seek more time to hold the suspect for their investigations.
Dr Ali-Gabass, a senior medical doctor at Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Takoradi, appeared in court in handcuffs wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of khaki trousers.
He stands accused for sodomising the student (name withheld) on five occasions, three times in his vehicle and two times in the doctor’s house at Alajo in Accra, according to a JOY FM news report.
According to the report, the doctor had offered the victim money after the first act which he declined and had subsequently deleted the doctor’s number on his phone.
But the doctor, it said, called him with another number that if he failed to oblige to his sexual demands, he would “send people after him” and also blackmail him on Facebook.
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“Apart from experiencing anu-rectal complications that saw him undergo surgery at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the victim has been diagnosed with HIV,” the report stated.
Doctor admits acts
According to the report, Dr Gabass, on the other hand, admitted that he had anal sex with the victim on a number of occasions but denied that he was the source of the HIV infection.
He also admitted that he dreaded the outcome of the case going public because he was a high-profile personality with a beautiful wife and two children.
Police arrest
The police on Wednesday picked up Dr Gabass in Takoradi. He had reported himself to the police to assist in investigations after an invitation had been extended to him.
However, when he reported at about 2pm on Wednesday, he was arrested and handed over the Criminal Investigations Department and transferred to Accra.
Though no formal complaint had been filed at the time, the Police said they acted to arrest Gabass because the allegations against him bordered on criminality.
Below are images of Dr Gabass' appearance in court on Friday
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