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Bus conductor docked for fraud

One Pa Alagie Touray, a bus conductor, was on Tuesday arraigned before Senior Magistrate BO Jobe of the Bundung Magistrates’ court on charges of stealing. Giving his testimony, the driver of the said bus, Abdoulie Njie Manneh, told the court that on the 28th of July 2008, while driving from Tabokoto to Banjul, he saw the conductor collecting money from passengers without issuing tickets to them. He added that when he raised the issue with the accused, he told him that the tickets were...

Stop Malaria Campaign-Round II.

Global Unification The Gambia, in collaboration with Africa Stop Malaria, a charitable organization based in Barcelona, Spain, is to embark on a five day Anti-Malarial campaign, geared towards combating the scourge of the illness which has been ravaging the African continent. This latest campaign, dubbed: ‘STOP MALARIA ROUND II,’ is a follow up to the one held last August 2008, at Mandinaring Village, Kombo South. However, unlike the previous, the Stop Maria Round II, slated from 2nd to 6th...

Robbery Trial in progress

A British national by the name Susan, residing at Sukuta, on 27 October 2008 gave her testimony at the Bundung Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Kumba Sillah Camara. Susan PW1 informed the court that on 25th May 2008 at Sukuta, she went out to turn on her generator and then the accused and his accomplice appeared to her. According to her, the accused pushed her against the wall and asked her how much money she had in her room. When she tried to answer him, the accused covered her...

Prosecutor closes file in diamond tax evasion case

The police prosecutor, Cadet Inspector Keita, yesterday, closed his file in the ongoing diamond tax evasion case involving Mr Abubakar Tunkara at the Bundung Magistrates Court, presided over by Acting Principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara. The prosecutor’s last witness, First Class Detective Alagie Sanneh, attached to the Yundum Police Station, had said in his testimony that he was on duty chatting with his colleague, Fatou Barry, when she received a telephone call from Mr Njie (PW1)....

NIA Respond to Court Order

TheNational Intelligence Agency has responded to an order issued to them by theBanjul Magistrates’ Court for the production of Oley Sey’s statement she madeto them.Accordingto the NIA the statement produced and tendered in court by the prosecution wasthe only statement she made to them. Continuingher testimony under cross-examination by the police prosecutor Cadet InspectorKeita, the 1st accused Oley Sey, said she got to know the 2nd accused AbdouRahman Bah three weeks prior to the presentation...

Banjul Breweries sued

Joshua MA Wilson John, an ex-employee of the Banjul Breweries Company Limited, on Thursday, entered the witness box to give his testimony in a civil suit filed against Banjul Breweries before the Kanifing Industrial Tribunal at the Kanifing Magistrates Court. Giving his evidence-in-chief before a panel presided over by Principal Magistrate Buba Jawo, the plaintiff, Wilson John, told the court that he was an employee of the company as the result of a contract signed on the 2nd of January 2006. ...

Pornography Case Continues

The pornography case involving one Anthony Michael Dobson, a Norwegian national with his co-accused, Mustapha Drammeh, continued on Wednesday 17th September 2008 at the Brikama Magistrates’ Court with the testimony of a 15-year old girl (name withheld) who is said to be a victim this pornographic infamy. The 15-year-old girl told the court that when she was going round with a friend in search of job, they went to Yarambaba Estate, where they met the second accused who took them to the first...

Father charged for defiling step-daughter

One Lamin Bora Bajinka has been charged for defiling his step-daughter at Busumbala Village, Kombo North, Western Region. Mr Bajinka, a taxi driver, was arraigned before Principal Magistrate Pa Harry Jammeh of the Brikama Magistrates Court, who warned the accused of the severe consequences should he continue to deny the charge. The magistrate observed that he suspected that there was some element of truth in the charge against the accused, as his own witnesses have been reluctant to come to...

FIB sues two ex-staff

The First International Bank Limited, on Wednesday, appeared before the Kanifing Magistrates Court presided over by Principal Magistrate Buba Jawo seeking recovery of D72,550 from Isatou Colley and Lamin Manneh, who were once employees of the bank. In his testimony before the court, Amadou Gunjo, a representative of the FIB, said that the defendants, Isatou Colley and Lamin Manneh, in September, 2003, took a loan amounting to D79,000 from the bank. He continued that after several deposits by...

Eight Tabananian in Court for Affray

No fewer than the eight accused persons namely Muhamed Trawalleh, Kebba Bayo, Malang Ceesay, Nuha Sanyang, Keluntang Ceesay, Yahya Beyai, Seedy Jammeh and Bamfa Beyai, all from Tabanani village, appeared before the CRR travelling Magistrate Amadou Baldeh charged with affray. In his testimony, PW2 Bembo Bayo told the court that on the 29th March 2008 they were at a meeting when the 1st accused arrived at the meeting and started raining them with insults. He said at that juncture the 8th accused...