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Tailoring Shop Thief Convicted

Followinghis plea of guilty to a charge of stealing from a tailoring shop one SambaJamanka was recently convicted and sentenced to a fine of D5000, in default toserve three months’ imprisonment. Magistrate Kayode of the Brikama Magistrates’Court gave the sentence. Accordingto the facts of the case as narrated by the police prosecutor Sub-InspectorSamateh, on 2nd November 2008 while the police were on a nightpatrol they came across the convict with varieties of clothing materials. Hesaid the...

Adu Lette-Sy an extraordinary designer

For more than 18 years, the sole proprietress of Complex Ya Ida, has been synonymous with both Gambian and European styles, creating cloths that are immediately recognisable for their sophistication. Born and brought up in Banjul, Adu Lette-sy attended Muhammedan Primary School, from there she proceeded to St Josepha, and to St Augustine’s High School. She later did her Under-Graduate Diploma and Post Graduate degree at Scotland, specialising in Human Resource Management. Speaking to Women’s...

Woman gets mandatory community service

Magistrate Ayoub Njie, of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, levied a D250 fine and three hours of community service in default to serve one month of imprisonment on one Fatoumatta Camara of Brikama. This was after she pleaded guilty to stealing three pieces of clothing from the tailoring shop of one Alagie Jobe. Narrating the facts before the court, Police Prosecutor 439 Sambou told the court that the incident happened in the early hours of 14 November, after the convict left her...

Inferno at Latri Kunda Market

Yet another fire incident, believed to have been caused by a candle, completely razed at least two tailoring workshops in the Latri Kunda Sabiji market over the weekend. Speaking to this reporter at the scene one Bada Secka, a Senegalese national, a victim, said that the fire started in the early hours of Saturday around 4:30am when his apprentice called to inform him that their workshop was on fire. According to him the fire emanated from an adjoining tailoring shop belonging to one Modi Yaya,...