Friday, July 4, 2025

Legal Affairs

Gov’t Spox Under Fire in Court Over Statements

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Government Spokesperson Ebrima G. Sankareh faced questions in the High Court on Monday as defence lawyers challenged the accuracy and source...

Murder Suspect Acquitted in Basse Over Lack of Evidence

By Lamin Fatty In a case that captivated residents of the rural Upper River Region for more than a year, the High Court in Basse...

High Court Halts Kumba Sinyan Murder Trial Pending Supreme Court Decision

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The High Court has ordered a suspension of proceedings in the ongoing murder trial of Kumba Sinyan, a case that has...

Court Orders Gamtel to Pay $2.9 Million to Bankai International for...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A high court in Banjul has ordered the national telecommunications company, Gambia Telecommunications Company Limited (Gamtel), to pay Bankai International Private,...

Defence Opposes State’s Request to Pause Police Shooting Trial

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The defense counsel representing Amie Bojang, who is charged as an accessory after the fact of murder for allegedly assisting her...

Former Principal Magistrate Faces Drug Dealing and Corruption Charges in Banjul

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Pa Modou Njie, the former Principal Magistrate at the Bundung Magistrates' Court, has been arraigned before the Banjul High Court Annexe,...

Ousainou was at work on night of police shooting

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The ongoing trial of Ousainou and Amie Bojang, charged in connection with the killing of police officers, proceeded today with testimony...

Police Officer Tells Court How Brufut Teen Was Fatally Stabbed

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The High Court on Tuesday heard chilling testimony from a police officer who recounted how 16-year-old Cherno Manneh was fatally stabbed...

Justice Ministry Challenges Subpoena for Senior State Officials

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Gambian Ministry of Justice has filed a motion challenging a High Court order that compelled three senior government officials to...

Three Men Plead Not Guilty in Armed Robbery Case Tied to...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Three men accused of orchestrating a series of armed robberies in Kiang Keneba have pleaded not guilty to a string of...

Judge Warns Prison Officers Against Handcuffing Accused in Court

By Mariama Marong Justice Sidi Jobarteh of the Banjul High Court issued a stern warning to prison officers on Monday, instructing them to immediately cease...

Rape Trial Nears Conclusion as High Court Sets Judgment Date for...

By Mariama Marong  The trial of an elderly man accused of raping a minor over a period of three years has entered its final stage...

Landowners Demand Return of Plots Seized by State

By Yankuba Jallow & Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) A constitutional legal challenge launched by a group of landowners in Batokunku has brought fresh scrutiny to the...

Young Man Granted D100,000 Bail Over Alleged Theft of Solar Panels...

By Louise Jobe Magistrate Fofana of the Brikama Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of one hundred thousand dalasi (D100,000) to a...

Two Men Accused of Stealing 21 Cattle Remanded at Mile Two...

By Louise Jobe A magistrate in Brikama on Thursday ordered the remand of two men at Mile Two Central Prison following their arraignment on charges...

National Security Adviser & 2 Others to Face Questions in Police...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Banjul High Court on Tuesday ordered three senior government officials to testify in the ongoing murder case against Ousainou Bojang...

Magistrate Court Strikes Out Drug Case Against Former Chief Magistrate Pa...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Bundung Magistrate Court has struck out five criminal charges against former Chief Magistrate Pa Modou Njie, bringing a controversial case...

Justice Sonia Moves to Fast-Track Rongo’s Land Case After Years of...

By Nelson Manneh Justice Sonia of the Banjul High Court Annex on Wednesday, 4th June 2025, called on the legal representatives of Rongo (Momodou Lamin...

Two Women Accused of Stealing D11,000 Granted D100,000 Bail

By Louise Jobe The Brikama Magistrates’ Court has granted bail in the sum of D100,000 to two Nigerian women accused of stealing D11,000 from a...

Cautionary Statement Rejected in Police Shooting Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Justice Jaiteh of the High Court has rejected the admissibility of a cautionary statement presented by the Director of Public Prosecutions...