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‘Aggressive’ man convicted

Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court, on Tuesday, found one Alagie Mbaye of Abuko guilty of assault and causing bodily harm to one Modou Sarr. According to the charge sheet, Alagie Mbaye unlawfully assaulted Modou Sarr on 2 August 2008 and hit him all over his body. According to the police prosecutor, Corporal 134 Sambou, the complainant, who went to a shop to buy a bottle of soft drink had unintentionally hit the defendant while swinging his hand. Corporal...

Marijuana smoker confesses

Amadou Touray, who was charged for the offences of criminal trespass and wilful damage to the property of one J Jatta, has confessed that he does take the drug locally called Jamba. Mr Touray made this confession before Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah on Monday. According to the particulars of offence, Amadou Touray, on  31 August, 2008, at Sukuta, Kanifing Municipality Council, entered the compound of one J Jatta and committed trespass. On count two, the accused wilfully and unlawfully damaged...

Brusubi ‘murderers’ in court

The Brusubi ‘murderers’ Makodou Jahateh, Sheikh Taib Jagne, and their third accomplice, (name withheld, as he is said to have claimed to be a minor offender), were, on Monday, arraigned before Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court. The trio are accused of stabbing the late Alieu Jawo to death.   When the case was called, two of the three accused persons told the court that they wished to engage the services of a lawyer before taking their plea. The third...

Man in remand for indecent assault

One Ousman Ceesay, a Gambian national, was yesterday remanded at the State Central Prison in Mile Two by Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court following his alleged indecent assault on a teenager. When the charge sheet was read to him, he pleaded not guilty. According to the prosecution, the accused on August 10, 2008, at Tallinding Nema Kunda, took a 15-year old girl (name withheld) to a brothel and forced her to perform indecent acts. The accused requested...

Gold dust case resumes

Doudou Manneh, a resident of Bakau, opened his defence before Presiding Magistrate BO Jobe of the Bundung Magistrates Court, recently. The accused, Doudou Manneh, had been charged for stealing. According to the particulars of the offence, on 5th November, 2006, at Fajara Hotel, the accused was given a suitcase containing 133kg of gold dust, valued at US$1,596,000, by his brother, Faramang Manneh. This, it was revealed, was the property of Afin Gold Gambia Limited. He (the accused) had failed to...

Two deny theft charges

One Yahya Marong, who is facing charges for stealing, was brought before Magistrate BO Jobe of the Bundung Magistrates Court. The accused, however, denied the charges pressed against him. In his charge sheet, read by the magistrate, Yahya Marong, on or about 3rd September, 2008, at Kololi, allegedly stole a wallet containing the following items from a dwelling house: one wrist watch valued at €50; 3 silver rings, at €50; 3 gold rings, at €300; 2 gold plaited chains, at €600; and 2 pairs of...

Four in fraud saga

Four youths, Lamin Sisoho, Kali Bah, Morro Saidybah and Cherno Sissoho, appeared before Magistrate BO Jobe, at the Bundung Magistrates Court, charged with false pretence and conspiracy to defraud. As per their particulars of offense, the four accused persons face four counts. On count one, they were charged for obtaining money by false pretence between October 2007 and August 2008, at diverse places within the KMC. Still under count one, the accused, by false representation, obtained D1,430,000...

Ebo Town resident jailed for defilement

One Alieu Kanteh, a resident of Ebo Town accused of defiling a girl under the age of 18, was yesterday convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment without any option of a fine by Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court. Narrating the facts before the court, Police Prosecutor Corporal Sarr, informed the court that the incident happened some time in December 2007, when the complainant, Isatou Saidy, met the accused (Alieu) in a shop where she was approached...

Magistrate rejects theft case withdrawal

Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court, yesterday, refused a request for the withdrawal of a theft case against one Ebrima Jallow. The plaintiff, Bakary Singateh, forwarded three reasons for his intention to withdraw the case, citing his busy schedule as a businessman, and that he had been advised to withdraw the case from court by his brother whom, he said, wanted to assist him to travel abroad. He also said that the parents of the accused person, being his...

Zimba case file sent to AG Chambers

The ongoing Zimba case presided over by Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court is still in limbo. When the case was called, on Tuesday, the police prosecutor, Inspector Saine, applied for an adjournment, saying the case file was sent to the Attorney General’s Chambers. Lawyer Lamin Jobarteh, one of the defense counsel for the accused persons, objected to the application of the prosecutor. Lawyer Jobarteh applied for the court to discharge his clients. He...