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Eight Drivers Punished

As the country continues to witness an upward spiral in the rate of auto accidents, the Brikama Magistrates’ Court recently imposed various court fines on eight drivers for violating the Highway Code. The drivers, fined from D3000 to D5000, could serve jail terms ranging from one month to 24 months, depending on the gravity of the offence committed. The cases were presided over by magistrate Edrisa Mbai.

In infanticide case Two witnesses testify

Sherifo Fadera and Omar Jassey, first and second witnesses in the infanticide trial involving a young mother  (name witheld), believed to be in her twenties, on Wednesday, testified before Magistrate EF M’Bai of the Brikama Magistrates Court. The incidence reportedly occured on July 23 at Brikama Perseverance Street, after the accused buried her baby, following her delivery. In his testimony, Sherifo Fadera, who identified himself as a police officer, told the...

In treason trial Alieu Jobe, Tamsir Jasseh end testimony

Alieu Jobe, the former Acting Director of Treasury, yesterday ended his testimony at the ongoing treason trial involving six accused persons in the March 21 foiled coup plot involving three other civilians, Tamsir Jasseh, Omar Faal Keita and Demba Dem at the High Court in Banjul. According to him, during the five days he spent at the NIA, he was kept in a cell referred to as “Bambadinka”, where he slept in a room without a mosquito net or mattress. “This place was filthy all over and I was...