BY ROMINAH FAKA
Judgement against a couple accused of working together to rape a girl in 2017 in Ngella, Central province, will have their judgement on October 11.
George Solopoto and his wife Elizabeth Koka are facing the charge of compelled sexual intercourse.
The couple was charged in relation to an incident on July 1, 2017 at a beach in Ngella.
Court heard that Koka asked the victim’s parents for the girl to follow her and Solopoto to another village to attend the closing of the traditional 10-day mourning period of a man at Olevuga Village.
The couple and the girl went to the Olevuga village that day and later that night the couple took the girl to an isolated beach.
It was alleged that at the beach Koka assisted her husband by holding the alleged victim’s hands while her husband raped the victim.
They were caught by a man who came from the seaside and flashed his torch light at them.
The couple and the girl then walked back to the village from the beach.
Later the victim reported the matter to her aunt using Koka’s mobile phone which Koka gave her to use as torch since it was very dark.
The incident was reported to police on August 3, 2017 and the couple were arrested on August 5.
DPP appears for Crown and PSO for both accused.
