Boakye Osei's rape conviction appeal dismissed

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Boakye Osei’s appeal against his rape conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 14 March 2022. The court was not persuaded that his Central Criminal Court trial was unfair or that the verdict was unsafe.

Osei and Kelvin Opoku had been convicted following a 20-day trial completed on 6 November 2019. The appeal raised issues including video-link evidence, disclosure, interview memoranda, DNA evidence and the trial judge’s directions to the jury.