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Subpoena for Central Bank official

In the ongoing Charles Lawson fake currency case before Acting Principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah Camara of the Bundung Magistrates’ Court, the police prosecutor, Inspector Saine, has applied for the subpoena of one Central Bank official. Inspector Saine applied for thie subpoena in order for him to bring the official to testify in the case since the said bank official has not appeared despite several notifications from the prosecutor. According to him, the said witness has vital evidence that...

Alleged diamond dealer charged for tax evasion

One Abubakar Tunkara was on Tuesday arraigned before Principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court, charged with tax evasion. According to the particulars of the case, Abubakar Tunkara was charged with intent to defraud the government of The Gambia of duties due when he knowingly concealed 44 stones of diamond valued at US$1150 at the port of entry into The Gambia. According to Detective Corporal 1853 Saikou Njie of Old Yundum Police Station, on 31 August 2008...

Two Testify in Alleged Homosexual Case

Two witnesses have on Tuesday the 16th September 2008 testified in the ongoing alleged homosexuality case involving Alimameh Dukureh, Principal Bilal Islamic Boarding School. Mr. Alimameh Dukureh is standing trial on a charge of homosexuality. He is being arraigned for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts with some of his students at the school campus in Yundum. In his testimony, a student at the said school (name withheld) told the court that sometime in the month of July 2008 he went out of...

In Dodou Janneh’s case More witnesses to testify

Senior Magistrate Kumbah Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates’ Court granted an appeal made by the accused’s counsel, Mr Lamin Camara, in the ongoing Doudou Janneh murder case, on Monday, to allow him to call one more witness to testify and submit a document that he called relevant and "very important" to the case in the court. The defense counsel for the accused who was formerly set to address the court over the case sometime back said for the interest of justice, he would like to call a...

Observer MD to Testify Against DPS Njie

Themanaging director of The Daily Observer company is today expected to testifyagainst the deputy permanent secretary of the Department of State for Forestry.ManagingDirector Dida Halake will assume the dock at the Bundung Magistrates’ Court asthe trial of deputy permanent secretary Momodou Njie continues today. TheObserver Managing Director is expected to tell his version of the offense thatHon. Njie is alleged to have committed. Njie, readers may well know, is stillbeing tried by a...

Treason Trial - Alieu Jobe’s Sister-in-law Testifies

One Binta Kuyateh, a supposed in-law to the 6th accused person, Alieu Jobe, in the ongoing treason trial, yesterday appeared before Justice Anin-Yeboah as hearing continues into the accused’s cautionary statement. In her testimony Binta Kuyateh stated that she lived in Fajikunda and was unemployed. She added that she was residing at Alieu Jobe’s compound together with her older sister’s children. She adduced that she is of the same mother and father with Alieu Jobe’s wife. At that point...

In treason trial Video operator, medic testify

Babou Loum, a video operator residing in Barra in North Bank Region (NBR), has testified in the “voire dire” on the voluntariness of the cautionary statement obtained from Alieu Jobe in the ongoing treason trial of March 21 foiled coup, involving three other civilians, Tamsir Jasseh, Omar Faal Keita and Demba Dem. Appearing before Justice Avril Annin Yeboah of the Banjul High Court, Babou Loum, an independent  said on 24th March 2006, Sgt Ndure informed him on telephone that he is needed at NIA...