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Attorney General: Preference for Private Practice Hindering Appointment of Gambian DPP
Dawda Jallow, Attorney General and Minister of Justice
By Makutu Manneh
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dawda Jallow, has said the government continues to face challenges in appointing a Gambian as Director of…
Justice Jaiteh Nearly Commits State Counsel for Contempt in Banta Keita Case
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court
High Court Judge, Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, on Tuesday nearly ordered the committal of State Counsel S.L. Jobarteh to Mile 2 Prison for contempt of court following a tense exchange during…
High Court Corrects Sentencing Error, Orders Immediate Release of Cable Thief but Upholds…
Hon. Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh
Justice S.K. Jobarteh of the High Court of The Gambia has upheld the substance of a three-month prison term and a D2,000 compensation order against a Guinean national convicted of cable theft,…
High Court Sentences Uncle to Life Imprisonment for Rape of Teenage Niece
Justice I. Janneh
The High Court in Bundung has sentenced Mbye Manneh to life imprisonment for the rape of his 14-year-old niece, an act committed inside the victim’s family home. Manneh, who lived in the same compound and was…
Justice Ministry Seeks Police File in Death of Omar Badjie, Signals Possible Prosecution
Dawda Jallow, Minister of Justice
The Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday that it had begun reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of Omar Badjie and had requested the full police case file, a…
Man Convicted in Ferry Terminal Drug Case Is Fined Instead of Jailed
Principal Magistrate Krubally
A man arrested with more than two kilograms of cannabis at the Banjul ferry terminal was fined 150,000 dalasis on Monday or face two years in prison, after pleading guilty to a charge of drug…
Senegalese Migrant Worker in Banjul Fined and Ordered to Compensate Victim in Bottle Assault Case
Principal Magistrate Krubally
A magistrate’s court in Banjul has fined a Senegalese migrant laborer and ordered him to compensate a man he struck with a beer bottle in a case that has drawn attention to a brief but violent encounter at…
Defence Seeks Acquittal of FGM Accused, Citing “No Evidence”
Counsel K. Jallow, representing Fatou Camara—one of three women standing trial over the death of an infant allegedly subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM)—has filed a no-case submission, urging the court to acquit her…
Woman Fined D150,000 for Attempted Drug Smuggling Into Mile 2 Prison Concealed in Food Bowl
A woman has been fined a total of D150,000 after a Banjul court found her guilty on three counts of drug possession for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Mile 2 Central Prison concealed inside a bowl of rice.
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Defence and Prosecution Clash Over “No-Case” Submission in GALA Unlawful Assembly Trial
Scenes from the court
The trial of Kemo Fatty, Alieu Bah, and Omar Camara over charges of unlawful assembly and common nuisance reached a critical juncture this week at the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court, where defence and prosecution…