Former Asante Kotoko forward Joseph Amoako, who was serving a two-year prison sentence in Sweden for rape, has been released after it was discovered that he had been wrongly convicted according to his agent.
Mr Derrick D Thompson,Amoako’s agent confirmed the news of his client’s release on March 8, 2023 following a wrongful accusation of Amoako for raping a 16-year-old Swedish girl in December 2022.
The young goal poacher was suspended as a result of the allegation by Helsingborgs IF football club in October 2022 later terminated his contract after being detained on probable grounds suspected of rape.
Amoako has however been released after it turned out that that the girl had lied about the incident during an appeal.
“They just released him yesterday from the prison after the appeal was made. The case was fake, the girl was lying. Upon appeal, Amoako has been released. It was all a fake story from the girl so he is now a free man,” Derrick D Thompson told Ghanasoccernet.com.
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