A Tamale High Court has today [Tuesday], granted police inquiry bail to Ernest Green, the Damongo Government Hospital nurse, who was detained for allegedly raping an elderly Italian patient who visited the Hospital.
The suspect was granted a Ghc100,000 cedis bail with one surety.
[contextly_sidebar id=”ZwpdmQxfbbBjHQXELboxLcYPyFD0Vt4G”]Acting Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), in charge of the West Gonja District, Timothy Nyemesa, in a Citi News interview described the latest development as a relief.
He maintained that Ernest Green was innocent of the crime leveled against him until he is proven guilty.
Timothy Nyemesa said the suspect would fully cooperate with the police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to conclude their findings.
Genesis
Ernest Green, a 28-year-old nurse was arrested by the Damongo Police following an official complaint by the elderly Italian female national.
The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mohammed Yussif Tanko, said the incident according to the complainant happened on Friday, April 6, 2018, at about 4.00 am in a private ward of the hospital.
The complainant was rushed to the hospital at about 11:50 pm the previous day suffering from malaria.
She said the suspect approached her and told her the hospital had a private ward if she would like to take it and she agreed, adding that she got up at dawn and managed to make it to the washroom and on her return, she found it difficult to climb back on to the bed and the suspect came around to assist her onto the bed.
The complainant said the suspect sat by her side and started touching her but she was too weak to resist and that suddenly the suspect took her breast into his mouth, removed her panties and had unprotected sex with her.
ASP Tanko said the case was transferred to the Regional Headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Tamale for further investigations.
Ernest Green is to reappear in Court on April 26, 2018.
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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citinewsroom.com/Ghana
