Briton charged over gay sex in GhanaA Briton has been remanded in custody in Ghana for having sex with another man, the Foreign Office confirmed yesterday. John Ross Macleod appeared at Accra circuit court on Monday charged with "unnatural carnal knowledge Copulation; the act of a man having sexual relations with a woman. Penetration is an essential element of sexual intercourse, and there is carnal knowledge if even the slightest penetration of the female by the male organ takes place. " and possession of obscene pictures. Gay sex is outlawed in the west African country but prosecution is not common. The photographer was arrested at an airport when police searching him for drugs found a CD with images of him having sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). with a 19-year-old Ghanaian. Mr Macleod, 63, has pleaded guilty to "unnatural carnal knowledge". He has been given the option of a six-month jail term or a fine of about £320, according to a Foreign Office spokesman. He was remanded in custody after he was unable to pay a £2,500 bail surety for the charge of possessing obscene images, which he denies. It is thought Mr Macleod first met his partner, Emmanuel Adda Adda (äd`dä), river, 194 mi (312 km) long, rising in the Rhaetian Alps, N Italy, and flowing SW through Lake Como, then S into the Po River near Cremona. , on the internet. A police spokesman said: "During his [Mr Macleod's] stay in Ghana, Adda travelled round the country with Macleod, who took the opportunity to sodomise Verb 1. sodomise - copulate with an animal sodomize copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" 2. him and took pictures as well," he said. The Foreign Office said the high commission in Accra was giving Mr Macleod consular support. Court officials said it was the first sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the case in Accra's courts this year. 
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