2 The prosecution’s case is that on or about the 30th day of May 2011 the prosecutrix (PW3) was sent to the house of the accused to get a pressing iron. While at the house, the accused asked the prosecutrix to get into the room of his daughter. As she got in, the accused closed the front and back doors of his house and went inside the room to meet the prosecutrix. He tied her up by the hands, forced a headscarf into her mouth and then raped her. As the prosecutrix left the house of the accused, he met up with PW2 to whom she explained her ordeal; PW4 said he was present when the prosecutrix explained this to PW2. PW2 saw how the prosecutrix entered the house of the accused and noticed that she stayed therein for a long time with all the doors closed. The accused initially denied the allegations when he was confronted but would later admit to one Abdoulie Sowe that he was under a spell when he did the act. The matter was reported to the police and PW1 was detailed to record statements from the accused. The statements were rejected after a Voire Dire was conducted because the State was unable to produce the Independent Witness who witnessed the voluntariness of the statements. During the investigations, the prosecutrix was made to see a Doctor who examined her and issued a medical report. The Medical Report and treatment card are in evidence as exhibits “A-A1”. The accused denied the charge in his testimony before this Court. He maintained that he has been framed up by PW2 and PW4 as a result of a dispute arising from his position as the Deputy Imam of the village and his refusal to attend Friday prayers in the old Mosque. He told court that he is sexually inactive and therefore could not have committed the offence of