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Supreme Court Orders New Trial in Kumba Sinyan Murder Case, Upholds High Court Practice Directions
Defendant, Kumba Sinyan, Late Lamarana Jallow, and a panel of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ordered that the murder case against Kumba Sinyan be tried afresh, rejecting an appeal by the Attorney General and reaffirming the…
Darboe Warns IGP Against Serving Political Interests After Supreme Court Rules Ex-Auditor…
Lawyer Lamin J. Darboe, leader and secretary general of the National Unity Party
By Makutu Manneh
Senior Counsel Lamin J. Darboe has urged the Inspector General of Police to recognize that the office is established to serve the…
Counsel Says Reinstating Former Auditor General Would Not Serve Gambia’s Interests
Lamin J. Darboe, Lawyer for the former Auditor General
By Makutu Manneh
The lawyer for former Auditor General Modou Ceesay said Tuesday that although the Supreme Court found his client's removal from office unconstitutional,…
Supreme Court Rules Removal of Auditor General Was Unconstitutional, Awards Modou Ceesay D4 Million
A panel of Supreme Court Justices
By Court Reporter
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the removal of former Auditor General Modou Ceesay from office in September 2025 violated the Constitution and the National Audit…
Magistrate Rejects Bid to Drop Charges Against Jobarteh, Orders Trial to Proceed
Principal Magistrate Krubally
Magistrate Krubally has refused a prosecution application to withdraw all four criminal charges against Abdul Wahab Jobarteh, ordering the case to proceed to trial with the prosecution required to present…
UTG Students Petition Interior Ministry Over Security Following Killing of Former Student Leader
By Seedy Jobe
Students at the University of The Gambia, joined by the family, friends, and colleagues of the late Yunusa Mbye, on Thursday submitted a petition to the Ministry of Interior calling for urgent measures to address…
Supreme Court Set to Rule on Landmark Constitutional Case Involving Ousted Auditor General
Chief Justice Hassan B. Jallow
By Staff Writer
The Supreme Court of The Gambia is expected to deliver a landmark judgment on July 7, 2026, in a constitutional case that has drawn significant national attention and raised…
Court Sentences Man to Death for 2023 Murder in Brufut, Ghana Town
Justice Jaiteh of the High Court has convicted Ismaila Janneh of murder and sentenced him to death for the fatal stabbing of Alieu Jallow during a confrontation in Brufut Ghana Town in December 2023.
In a judgment delivered before a…
Two Men Sentenced to 20 Years for Armed Robbery in Tallinding
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court
The High Court has sentenced two men to 20 years in prison after finding them guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony and armed robbery in connection with the 2021 knifepoint robbery of a…
Police Reject Claims Lawyers Were Denied Access to Detained Businessman Muhammed Reni
Modou Musa Sisawo, Police PRO
By Staff Writer
The Gambia Police Force has denied allegations that lawyers representing detained businessman Muhammed Reni were prevented from meeting with their client at the Banjulinding Anti-Crime…