[ 2019-03-28 ]

Two charged with rape over British girls' Ghana attack
Two men have been charged with a series of
offences including rape after a group of British
schoolgirls was attacked at gunpoint in Ghana.

A number of armed men entered accommodation where
the pupils and their teachers were staying during
a school trip to the west African country in
December.

Police said a Ghanaian security guard was shot and
the female victims were "subjected to serious
sexual assaults".

Some of their possessions were stolen.

Police in the UK said Ishmael Akyene, 34, a
Ghanaian national, had been charged by Ghanaian
police with 14 counts of robbery, one count of
rape, one count of conspiracy to rape, one count
of possession of a firearm, one count of
possession of an instrument intended for unlawful
entry and one count of money laundering.

A second man, Daniel Akpan, 29, a Nigerian
national, has been charged with 14 counts of
robbery, two counts of rape, one count of
conspiracy to rape, one count of possession of a
firearm, one count of possession of an instrument
intended for unlawful entry and one count of money
laundering.

Both men have been remanded in custody.

A search is continuing to find a third suspect.

Police say the victims are continuing to be
supported by specially-trained police officers,
their school and other agencies.

Source - BBC

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