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08-12-2006
Deaf illiterate freed of rape charge
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London, UK (TIL): A deaf man accused of repeatedly raping a disabled woman has been allowed to go free because he is unable to understand the court case against him. Emmanuel Etoundi, 41, went on trial accused of a string of sex attacks on the woman, who has learning difficulties. Numerous sign language interpreters and a jury had already been sworn in at taxpayers' expense when the prosecution took the decision to stop the case. Etoundi, of Camden, North London, has never learned sign language and understands very little English.
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