Thursday, December 18, 2008

No indictments in alleged Holy Cross sex assault

WORCESTER— Four men accused of sexually assaulting a College of the Holy Cross student in her dorm room will not be indicted, according to the Worcester district attorney’s office. A Worcester grand jury returned “complete no bill” decisions on Edward K. Kingori, Bizmark Obeng-Mensah, Alie Samura and Yeverne R. Sarpee on one count of sexual assault for each man, according to a list of cases reported out yesterday.

A no bill results when there is insufficient evidence for an indictment or when a charge is included in another indictment. A complete no bill means that all of the allegations against an individual were returned as no bills.

Mr. Kingori, 21, of 63 Ledgecrest Drive; Mr. Obeng-Mensah, 21, of 141 Austin St., Apt. 2; Mr. Sarpee, 18, of 98 Austin St.; and Mr. Samura, 19, of 38 Cedar St., were arrested in October. The alleged assault occurred Oct. 18.

According to police, the Holy Cross student met three of the defendants at an on-campus dance and exchanged phone numbers with one of them. Sometime around 3 a.m., the man called her and showed up at her dorm with two other men. Authorities said she let them into her room, where she alleged the sexual assaults occurred.

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