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GAMBIA: 18-Year-Old Remanded at Mile 2 Central Prisons Over Fajikunda Stabbing Death
Muhammed Sanneh, alias “Mara,” an 18-year-old Fajikunda resident accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Dawda Beyai with a knife at Saint Charles Hall during a...
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GAMBIA: Nude Video Case Adjourned as Magistrate is Indisposed; Matter Adjourned to July
The trial of Katim Touray, also known as Kartel, before the Kanifing Magistrates Court did not proceed today after the presiding Principal Magistrate Sallah...
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GAMBIA: Man Accused of Killing University Youth Leader Ba Yunusa M’bai/ Mbye Arrives at High Court to Face Murder Charge
Momodou Bah, also known as “Area,” the man accused of murdering university youth leader Ba Yunusa Mbye, has arrived at the High Court in...
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GAMBIA: Man Who Hacked Wife With Cutlass Gets Life Imprisonment
Justice Jaiteh convicts husband on five counts after night attack left wife wheelchair-bound. Yugo Sowe, who entered his wife's bedroom in the middle of...
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GAMBIA: Former Bundung Magistrate On Trial for Missing 104 Cocaine Blocks Continue; Court Hears From Registrar, Chief CID & Businessman
Pa Modou Njie, a former Principal Trial of The State versus Pa Modou Njie, a former Principal Magistrate,
faces charges of dealing in prohibited drugs...
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GAMBIA: Court Award Divorce Wife 50% Share of Tujereng Compound, Affirms Matrimonial Rights Under Women’s Act.
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh ruled that a husband's sole funding of a property does not defeat a wife's equitable interest; the husband's title-document objections...
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GAMBIA: Murder Accused Arona Tine Tells Court He Was Knocked Unconscious Before Kargbo Was Stabbed, as Defence Disputes CCTV Disclosure.
A Senegalese electrician, standing trial for the murder of Fatoumatta Kargbo, denies ever entering the bureau before the day of the incident, says three...
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GAMBIA: Court Restores NAWEC Prosecution Witness After Foreclosure Order Set Aside
Magistrate A. Manneh rules prosecution is entitled to call the key witness in the corruption trial of the Finance Director and Treasury Manager of...
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GAMBIA: Defamation Suit Against Africmed Director Returns to High Court; Medical Negligence Claims Take Centre Stage
A legal battle between former Africmed International Hospital employee Amadou Kabba and the hospital's Director, Dr Omar Jagne, has returned to the High Court...
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GAMBIA: Prosecution Seeks to Drop Charges Against Bonnet-Ride Accused, Citing More Serious Charges Ahead — Defence Cries Foul
The prosecution took a surprise turn in the case of Abdul Wahab Jobarteh at the Banjul Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, applying to withdraw all...
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GAMBIA: Alleged Murderer of Ba Yunusa M’bai Remanded at Mile 2 as Magistrates’ Court Transfers Case to High Court
Court finds it lacks jurisdiction to try a capital offence; orders accused held pending High Court appearance.
Momodou Bah, also known as “Area,” has...
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GAMBIA: Much Talk About Gold Saga: Dubia Firm Sues Gambian Gold Brokers Over USD$1.1 Million Alleged Fraud
Eight defendants face claims of fraudulent misrepresentation, fake assay certificates, and conspiracy to defraud. Court adjourns to June 29 after service failure.
A Dubai-based...
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GAMBIA: Court Admits Interrogation Recording in Jammeh Torture Suit against Gambia Armed Forces
The High Court Annex in Banjul, presided over by Justice Akinbiyi, admitted a downloaded audio recording of an interrogation session as evidence in the...
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GAMBIA: Bojang Appeal Counsel Mboge Moves Preliminary Objection, Matter adjourned to July
The Court of Appeal has adjourned the case of The State v. Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang to a date in July, after Counsel...
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GAMBIA: Much Talk About Gold Saga: Dubia Firm Sues Gambian Gold Brokers Over USD$1.1 Million Alleged Fraud
Eight defendants face claims of fraudulent misrepresentation, fake assay certificates, and conspiracy to defraud. Court adjourns to June 29 after service failure.
A Dubai-based...
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GAMBIA: High Court Rules Lifetime Gift Defeats Inheritance Claim in Wellingara Land Dispute
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh holds that Sally Badjie validly gifted a 16 × 40-metre portion of her Kombo North property to Ndey and Haddy Badjie...