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6 months, deportation for Senegalese thief

Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake of the Kanifing Magistrates Court yesterday convicted and sentenced one Abdou Kadry Taal, a Senegalese to six months imprisionment for stealing. The accused was also ordered to pay a fine of D5,500 to cover the cost of two mobile phones stolen from the complainant, John Gomez, in default to serve another three month imprisionment term, which would run concurrently with the first. The convict is to be deported after serving his jail sentences

Kanifing Estate ‘robbers’charged

Seedy Jallow and Lamin Saine were, on Tuesday, paraded before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie A Mbacke of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, charged with robbery under Section 272 of the Criminal Code and punishable under Section 273 of the Criminal Procedure Code. In his evidence-in-chief, Lamin Danso, a police detective attached he was on duty as officer commanding and overseeing five police stations in the Kanifing Division. He said while on night patrol with a team from the Police Intervention Unit...

Burglar remanded

Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, yesterday remanded one Omar Sonko at the State Central Prison after finding him guilty on charges of office breaking and stealing, contrary to the laws of The Gambia. According to count one, the accused, on August 31, 2008, at Kanifing Layout, wilfully and unlawfully broke into the office of one Ousman Jassey and committed a felony. On count two, the accused, on the same day and place, stole one digital camera valued at...

No bail for assailant

Principal Magistrate Buba Jawo of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, on Monday, refused to grant bail to one Badou Cham of Serrekunda.   The magistrate’s refusal came after the accused, Badou Cham, pleaded with the court to grant him bail on the grounds that he was sick and needed to go to the hospital for treatment.  But Magistrate Jawo refused to grant him bail. Badou Cham is standing trial for attempting to murder one Saine Janha of Serrekunda on May 8.  He had tried to stab Janha with a knife...

Ivorian national jailed

Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, on Monday, sentenced one Bamba Haroun, an Ivorian national based in The Gambia, to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour. The accused will also be deported to his native country after serving his jail term. Mr Haroun was found guilty of attempting to commit felony contrary to Section 365, Criminal Procedure Code, Laws of The Gambia. In his judgement, Magistrate Mbackeh told the court that the police prosecutor had proven...

Magistrate issues warning against accused persons

Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, on Thursday, issued a strong warning against accused persons saying that they should be truthful when making their pleas in court so as to avoid wasting the court’s time. Magistrate Mbake issued this warning when presiding over a case that seemed to have wasted the court’s time and warned that any accused person found guilty of an offence after pleading not guilty would be dealt with without any mercy. He said that accused persons...

Man jailed for committing felony

One Muhammed Lamin Bangura was recentlyarraigned before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbakeh of the Kanifing MagistratesCourt, answering to charges for committing felony, contrary to the laws of TheGambia. He pleaded guilty to the charges preferredagainst him. According to the facts before the court,Muhammed Lamin Bangura, on or about June 20th, 2008, at the Kanifing IndustrialArea, broke into one Bai Ousman Jobe’s shop, intended to commit felony. He was found with an iron cutter and apadlock,...

Man convicted for illegal possession of firearms

One Alagie Jagne was recently sentenced to pay a fine of D750 or in default to serve a three-month imprisonment. Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake of the Kanifing Magistrates Court delivered this judgment after the accused admitted guilt of the offence. According to the prosecution, the accused was found in possession of firearms, without authority contrary to the laws of The Gambia. On or about 13th May, 2008, at Serrekunda, the accused was found in possession of two AK 47 life rounds of...

Two remanded for human trafficking

One Lamin Jaiteh and Kunjara Jaiteh, were on Wednesday, remanded at the Remand Wing of the State Central Prison, by Principal Magistrate Buba Jawo of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, after they had pleaded not guilty to the charges of trafficking and concealment of trafficking, which are punishable under The Gambia’s laws. According to the prosecution, the duo, on 8th June 2008, at Bakau Beach, engaged in trafficking by recruiting Lamin Manjang and 61 others, purposely for exploitation within or...

Halake in court

Dida Abdi Jallow Halake, the former managing director and editor-in-chief of the Daily Observer, was yesterday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Buba Jawo of the Kanifing Magistrates Court. When the case was called, Police Prosecutor ASP Bojang, applied for a short adjournment to enable him to draw a proper charge against the accused. According to him, they cannot proceed with the matter as the charge levelled against the accused was not satisfactory. ASP Bojang added that the Criminal...