Godwin Bayor, a 42-year-old driver arrested for allegedly assaulting a commercial sex worker, has been granted bail by a Cape Coast Circuit Court.
The court, presided over by Mrs. Veronique Praba Tetteh, granted the suspect GH¢20,000 bail with two sureties.
This was after the suspect pleaded not guilty to the charges of assault and causing unlawful harm contrary to Section 69 of Act 29/60.
The case has been adjourned to April 4, 2022.
Godwin Bayor was arrested after he was captured on video assaulting a woman after a purported night escapade.
He was allegedly driving a government registered Mahindra vehicle with registration number GV 127-16.
The alleged incident happened on March 6, 2022, at Cape Coast, the Central Regional capital, where this year’s National Independence Day celebration was held.
His arrest followed a police investigation into the viral audio-visual tape intercepted, in which the man was captured assaulting the lady.
The victim subsequently lodged a complaint of assault at the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), Cape Coast, last Sunday.
In the said video, the victim was seen and heard speaking in the Fante language, alleging that she was working when the driver picked her up around the Hutchland area in Cape Coast.
The one who filmed the incident chanced on them arguing, with the woman tightly holding the man’s shirt.
The woman explained that she refused to accept the man’s offer (cash) and demanded something higher.
The man, on his part, explained that he was taking her to a place, and there was a misunderstanding and he asked her to disembark from the vehicle.
The woman rather insisted that she should be taken back to where he picked her up – Hutchland.
This degenerated into an alleged assault. The woman was spotted in the video with a bruised face.
