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Babylon case suffers another setback

The Babylon criminal case involving over 50 people from Makumbaya has suffered yet another setback because the charge set does not contain the name of the proprietor of the property in dispute. The defense counsel, Antouman Gaye, had objected to the new charge sheet noting that count one, which is arson, did not indicate who owns the properties that were allegedly burnt down by the accused persons. He cited several cases to back up his argument. At that juncture, the presiding magistrate...

Man Pleads Guilty for Damaging KMC Vehicle

One Alagie Jobe, on the 19thNovember 2008,pleaded guilty for damaging a KMC vehicle when he was arraigned before seniorMagistrate Abdoulie Mbackeh of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court. Inspector Mariama Fatty, who was the prosecuting officer,while narrating the facts of the matter before the court, stated that on the 17thNovember, 2008,at Dippa Kunda, a car numbered KMC 6 was parked by the complainant. She went onto say that the accused gained entry to the car through the glass by...

Litigants receive warning

Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake of the Kanifing Magistrate court has told litigants that he will not hesitate to deliver justice regardless of who the litigant before him was. Magistrate Mbake was speaking on Wednesday while presiding over a civil case involving one Matarr Njie, the complainant and Mohammed Joof, a carpenter. Matarr Njie is claiming D6500, which he is said to have paid for a set of chairs from the defendant. Mohammad Joof told the court that he owed the complainant D6000...

Football fan charged

One Momodou Jallow a Gambian national was on Wednesday paraded before Sainabou Wadda-Camara of the Kanifing magistrate court, for wilfully and unlawfully damaging the wind screen of a vehicle registration number Bjl 3807F, being the property of Saidou Camara.When the charge was read to him, he pleaded guilty. According to the particulars of the offense,Momodou Jallow on  the 11th day of October, 2008 at about 1800 hours while jubilating the Senegal- Gambia match draw, he unlawfully and...

Cattle Rustler Jailed

StartFragment One Abdoulie Faye of Lamin village was recently given a custodial sentence of three months with hard labour by Magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court for cattle rustling. According to facts of the case as narrated by the police prosecutor Sgt Camara, the theft happened on 1st September 2008 when the complainant Hawa Jallow brought her ram in the morning for grazing. He revealed that when she returned to the grazing spot in the evening the ram was nowhere to...

Assault lands man in remand

One Amadou Njie, a resident of Churchill’s Town in Serrekunda was recently detained at the Remand Wing at the State Central Prison, Mile II, after pleading not guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm to one Hadim Baldeh . Mr Njie who is alleged to be a tourist guide, recently opened his defence before Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbacke of the Kanifing Magistrate Court. In his testimony, the accused said on the day in question, he was on his way to sell his tape recorder at Serrekunda...

A-Z burglar guilty

Senior Magistrate Buba Jawo of the Kanifing Magistrates Court, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced one Martino Sylva, an employee at A-Z Supermarket, to a fine of D50,000, or, in default, serve one-year six-month in jail. According to the fact-sheet, the incident occurred on June 11, when the accused inconspicuously went into hiding at the supermarket after closing hours. The doors were then locked without the knowledge of the complainant. “In the early hours of the following morning, the...

UDP’s trio acquitted, discharged

The United Democratic Party’s (UDP) Kombo East candidate, in the 2006 National Assembly election, Lamin R Darboe, alongside Buba Darboe and one Jerreh Fatty, were on Tuesday, discharged by Magistrate Ayoub John Njie of the Brikama Magistrates Court. Both R Darboe and his co-accused had been standing trial for allegedly causing bodily harm to Kebba Gibba, the complainant, in the aftermath of the election. Handing down his judgment, Magistrate Njie said the accused persons were brought before...

‘Police discovered fake pistol from me’ - accused tells court

Alhagie Kebba Gassama, a native of Lamin Daranka Village, who was standing trial on charges of unlawful possession of arms and ammunition and threatening violence, has said that the pistol that the Police discovered from him was a fake one and that it could not fire bullet. Mr Gassama further adduced that the said pistol was a toy owned by his grandson. Mr Gassama who was arraigned before Magistrate EF M’Bai yesterday told the court that he was arrested and charged by the police because of one...

Juvenile Testifies in Alleged Theft Case

A 12-year-old boy on Monday told the Brikama Magistrates' Court that he was an eye-witness to a theft involving over D5000. Lamin Saidy explained that he was sometime this year behind the bathroom of the complainant when he heard a strange noise in the complainant's house and was forced to enquire. "Upon entering the bathroom, I saw the accused breaking a box containing D5,700. He appealed to me not to reveal what I saw to anybody. But I revealed the matter to the complainant when I heard her...