Some residents in Kumasi have described as callous and barbaric, the conduct of an alleged rapist who forcibly had sex with a 19 year old girl in public. Twenty-nine year old gym instructor, Eric Adjei-Bawuah, was arrested at Asafo on Wednesday. Bawuah is alleged to have seized the young woman at dawn on Wednesday at the Neoplan Bus Terminal as she attempted to board an Accra-bound bus. Residents have been expressing shock at Bawuah’s behaviour, and are calling for justice for the victim. Reggae musician, Sasha Marley, is one of those who want the law to take its full course on Bawuah. “Is it sickness in mind or what? Doctors have to examine his mind and if he is in the right mind, he got to be dealt with according to the laws of the land. No one is above the law,’’ he said. He calls on authorities to help weed out all social misfits from the society. Meanwhile, relatives of the victim have dismissed Bawuah’s claims that she was a prostitute and had consented to the sexual act. They showed pictures of the teenager to confirm she is, indeed, learning a trade as a seamstress in Accra. An elder sister, Akosua Mensah, says she personally saw-off her sister at dawn of Wednesday. According to her, the victim has been experiencing pain in her private part in addition to having sleepless nights and loss of appetite since the attack on her. Eric Adjei-Bawuah is expected to be arraigned before court on Monday August 3rd on robbery and rape charges. Story by Ohemeng Tawiah/Nhyira FM/Ghana