Four young men who conspired to gang-rape an 18-year-old lady in a moving vehicle at Pankrono Estate in Kumasi last year have been sentenced to a total of 38years imprisonment with hard labour. The four - K waku Asiamah, 18; Kwadwo Apau, 23; Kwaku Dwumfour, 20, and Ofori Atta, 19 - were jailed 15 years, 10 years, 10 years and three years, respectively. They were said to have kidnapped the young lady in August and sent her to the Pankrono Estate where they raped her in turns while the car was still in motion. They had picked the young lady in a taxi at the SDA Senior High School area near the Suame Roundabout on Saturday, August 9, 2008 and sent her to the Pankrono Estate for the dastardly act, after which they abandoned her and fled. The prosecutor, ASP Albert Odei Quansah, told the court that about 12:30 a.m on August 9, 2008, the four convicts were on board the Toyota Corolla taxi from a friend's birthday party at Bantarna when they came across the victim. He said the convicts saw the victim standing by the roadside at the SDASenior High School, near the Suame Roundabout and offered her a lift. The victim was said to have informed the convicts that she was heading towards Bantama. They were said to have diverted towards Pankrono and on the way Apau pulled a locally manufactured pistol but Asiamah, the youngest among them, was said to have collected the gun and pointed it at the victim and forced her to submit herself. The two, Apau and Asi.amah, who were sitting at the back seat of the car together with the victim, were said to have forcibly had sexual intercourse with her in turns at the back seat while the, car was still in motion. The prosecutor told the court that on reaching a place near the old Ashh FM. office, the vehicle developed a fault and Dwumfour, who was then sitting in the front seat, also wanted to force the victim to have sex with her. But she was said to have screamed for help, which attracted the attention of three neighbourhood watch committee members who were then patrolling the area. The convicts, on seeing the watch committee members, were said to have taken to their heels, leaving behind the car and the victim. The vehicle was towed to the New Tafo Police Station the following day where the owner showed up. The owner was said to have led the police to the house of the driver, Ofori Atta, who also led the Police to arrest the three others. When they were arrested, Atta told the police that he did not .have sex with the lady but the three others admitted having had sex with her, arguing that she had wilfully agreed to have sex with them for a fee. Source: Daily Graphic