A remand prisoner at the State Central Prison in Banjul recently told the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court that he had been ill for almost three weeks without receiving medical attention.

Bamba Arouna, a Camerounian, lately told Senior Magistrate Abdoulie Mbacke that he had complained about his sickness but was told that there was no medicine at the infirmary.

Looking seriously ill whilst in the dock, Arouna appealed to Magistrate Mbacke to allow him time to prepare his defence as he was ill.

But Mbacke advised him to consult the right person as it is his right as a remand prisoner to be treated.

It will be recalled that Arouna was brought to the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court where he was charged with money doubling offences. He was since granted bail but could not meet the bail conditions, hence his continued detention at Mile Two.

Bakary Marong, 33, has been arrested for seriously cutting one Seedy Hydara, a grade 11 student, with a cutlass, this paper has been reliably informed.

Dependable sources told this paper that Bakary on Thursday, around 7:40am, went after the victim’s father, Sheriff Maline Hydara, in his Bundung compound but did not meet him home at the time.

Just after the victim, Seedy Hydara, informed him that his father was out, Bakary all of a sudden went berserk and struck him first on the forehead, then the arm and lastly on his back, apparently incensed at something the victim’s father had done.

According to the sources, Bakary Marong disclosed that he was bent on settling a score with Sheriff Maline Hydra for reportedly employing his service in Dasilami for six long years on the alleged promise that he would give him a wife in return but reneged on it.

Meanwhile, Seedy Hydra, said to be in a critical condition, is being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of RVTH. 

Bakary Marong is said to be a native of Farafenni but currently residing in Tanji, Kombo South.