FLASHBACK: Blind man jailed for rape The Kumasi Circuit Court in December 2009, sentenced a 23-year-old blind man together with his accomplice to 60 months in prison for gang-raping a mentally challenged girl at Kwamang in the Sekyere Central District. According to a report by the Ghana News Agency, the blind man together with 5 other boys who managed to escape, gang-raped the girl after she was lured into their room by another 14-year-old girl. The young girl's cry for help attracted the attention of some persons who came to her rescue. However, 5 of the boys managed to escape through a window leaving the blind boy and a 16-year-old boy behind.