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Current Feed ContentRipper suspect still criticalA MAN suspected of being the Kei Ripper, who was assaulted by an angry crowd in Butterworth, was still fighting for his life at Frere Hospital yesterday. Butterworth police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said the man, who cannot be named, was still critical and he could not say if his condition was improving or not. The suspect was stoned by angry residents on Thursday morning after he attacked Mvuleli Mdolo, who was walking home with his neighbour Mkalowu Makhwenkwe on a bushy...Community beat up Kei Ripper suspectA MAN suspected of being the Kei Ripper is fighting for his life in an East London hospital after being assaulted by an angry mob yesterday. The man, who cannot be named, is in a critical condition and was last night under heavy police guard at Frere Hospital. He was beaten up by community members after he allegedly attacked elderly Mvuleli Mdolo and Mkalowu Makhwenkwe with a knife and a toy gun. They were walking home along an old railway line, now a bushy footpath, near Madiba Informal...London Corner Murderer Sentenced to DeathThe BundungMagistrates’ Court, presided over by acting Principal Magistrate KumbaSillah-Camara, yesterday convicted and sentenced one Dodou Janneh to death forkilling one Sheriff Minteh of London Corner. Sheriff Minteh,a youth living in the Serrekunda suburb of London Corner, met his untimelydeath on the evening of 5th May 2007 when he was stabbed by Dodou Janneh duringa police raid of suspected drug users. The casethat suffered numerous adjournments after two years of protracted trial had...Latrikunda Man ChargedOne Alhagie Jallow of Latrikunda was on 15th September 2008 arraigned before Magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court charged with being found in possession of suspected stolen property. According to the particulars of the offence, the accused Abdoulie Jallow on 4th August 2008 at Latrikunda Sabiji was found being in possession of suspected stolen driving licence, National ID Card and four passport photos, a charge he denied. Meanwhile he was granted court bail in the sum of...Alleged Banjul Murderer Apprehended, ChargedMr. Dawda Bah, the suspected murderer who had been on the run after the alleged murder incident, has been apprehended and arraigned before the Banjul Magistrates’ Court. The accused was brought before Magistrate Lamin Goerge of the Banjul Magistrates Court on Tuesday. According to the particulars of the offence, Dawda Bah on 2nd August 2008 at the junction of Perseverance and Sam Jack Streets in Banjul, murdered one Cherno Jagne by stabbing him with a broken bottle. The accused pleaded not...Man Arrested for Raping 17-year-old GirlA man believed to be a Guinean national was last Saturdayarrested in Latirkunda German, suspected of raping a 17-year old girl (namewithheld). Abdourahman Jallow is alleged to have persuaded theunder-aged girl to accompany him to his friend’s house in Latirkunda German. Onreaching there, he reportedly sent the friend to buy him something and, whenthus left alone with the victim, he forced himself on her. The undesirable phenomenon of rape has in recent timesbecome a menace, with uncomfortably...Farato Imam’s suspected assailant back to Mile IIKemo Saho of Farato village in Kombo South was recently taken back to the State Central Prison in Banjul following the failure of his counsel to show up in court. Kemo Saho is undergoing trial at the Brikama Magistrates’ Court for violently assaulting an imam of one of the mosques in Farato. His case was supposed to proceed sometime last week but was stalled due largely to the inability of defence counsel Edu Gomez to make it to court. The case is now expected to continue on 10 July 2008. Kemo...Suspected Suicide in ManjaiReports reaching this paper relate yet another macabre discovery of the body of a young man found hanging from a mango tree in Manjai, a picture suggestive of suicide. Identified as that of Augustus Jatta, who was reportedly in his early 20s, the body was found in a compound in Manjai on Wednesday night, around 2100 pm according to a family source. The reason(s) or circumstances that might have brought the incident about are not clear for now. The late Augustus Jatta is said to be an...39 Gambian Youths Arrested for Attempting to Sail to EuropeYet again no fewer than 39 Gambian youths were on Mondaynight arrested for being suspected of scheming to sail to Europe. Sources disclose that the would-be immigrants wereintercepted and captured in the mangrove swamps around Cape Point. At the time of writing this story, they were reportedly heldat the PIU headquarters in Kanifing. The issue of Gambian youths trying to reach Europe, on unsafe, mostly seavoyages, has in recent times been a source of worry. Many attempts to stopthese high-risk...22 Gambians Intercepted in Senegalese WatersA total of 22 Gambian youths are reported to have been intercepted in Senegal in a suspected attempt to sail to Spain. The youths were apprehended by the Senegalese security forces on Tuesday along with their Senegalese accomplices as they boarded a boat bound for Spain. When contacted, Chief Superintendent Olimatou Jammeh-Sonko, Public Relations Officer Gambia Immigration Department (GID), confirmed the story. She added that the 22 people were returned to The Gambia yesterday and are... |
