Friday, March 29, 2024

Legal Affairs

Court Gives Time to State to Negotiate with Families of AKI...

By Mariama Marong Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of Banjul High Court has granted more time for the state to further negotiate with the representatives of Acute...

Court Asks Female Murder Suspect to Get a Lawyer

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Mariama Jallow, who has been accused of killing a 16-year-old boy in Brufut by stabbing him with a knife, has been told...

Forex Bureau Murder Suspect Remanded

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Principal Magistrate Sallah Mbye has remanded the alleged murderer of HM Bureau Exchange staff. Police prosecutor Superintendent Jammeh appeared for the Inspector General of...

District Tribunal Yet to Decide on Berending Village Land Case

By Nelson Manneh Mr Sanna Sanyang, the Alkalo of Berending Village in Kombo South on Thursday, 25 January 2024 testified before a tribunal in a...

President of Bar Association’s Speech on Police Actions

By Yankuba Jallow Senior Lawyer Neneh M.C Cham, the newly elected President of the Gambia Bar Association has called on the Gambia Police Force to...

Prolonged Criminal Trial of 4 Real Estate Agents

By Yankuba Jallow The over 3-year criminal trial involving four (4) employees of Manor Real Estate Company has suffered another delay again. On Monday, 15...

Ousman Sonko: “Not at the PIU Headquarters during the April 16...

Source Trial International: Reported by Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Ousman Sonko is accused of deprivation of liberty, torture and cruel detention conditions of protesters in April...

Litigants Demand Diligent Police Prosecution of Their Cases

By Yankuba Jallow Police have a double role of law enforcement and prosecutorial mandates. At the Magistrates’ Courts countrywide, the police have sought adjournments in many...

Ousman Sonko Denies Responsibility for Baba Jobe’s Murder

Source Trial International: Reported by Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko is charged with crimes against humanity relating to torture, kidnapping,...

Ousman Sonko Declines to testify about Almamo Manneh’s Murder

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx)(As reported by‘Trial International) The trial of Gambia’s former Interior Minister under former President Yaya A.J.J Jammeh, continues to progress in the Swiss...

Man Accused of Mutilating Ivorian with Cutlass Appears at Brikama Magistrate Court

By Louise Jobe  A man accused of mutilating the hand of one Mr. Rowoang Nwachukwu, an Ivorian national with a cutlass has appeared before Magistrate Fatou Darboe...

Alkalo of Lamen and Others Fail to Appear in Rongo’s Civil...

By Nelson Manneh The seventeen defendants in Momodou Lamin Jarju Aka Rongo’s civil suit on Wednesday, 9 January 2024 failed to appear before the Banjul...

Gambia Lacks Laws Protecting Buyers from Real Estate Scammers

By Yankuba Jallow The Gambia Government’s plan to regulate the real estate sector is not going as planned. Despite President Adama Barrow’s numerous promises, the...

Businessman Alagie Kebbeh Faces Economic Crimes, Theft Charges

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Alagie Kebbeh, a businessman, has been arraigned in court on charges of economic crime and theft for his alleged embezzlement of...

Law Student Loses Case Challenging Director General of Law School &...

Eric Opoku Agyemang, a student of the Gambia Law School has lost his suit against the Director General of the Law School, the General...

Lawyer Cross-Examines Police Commissioner Sowe in Police Shooting Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Lawyer H. Farage has commenced cross-examination of Police Commissioner Momodou Sowe, the head of the Anti-Crime Unit, seeking to discredit his...

Attorney General Yet to File Defence in Rongo’s D30 Million Case

By Nelson Manneh Senior Counsel Borry S. Touray representing Momodou Lamin Jarju alias Rongo has on Thursday informed the court that the Attorney General did...

Police Commissioner Says Ousaniou Bojang Confessed to Killing 2 Policemen

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Fifth prosecution witness, Police Commissioner Momodou Sowe, told a High Court in Banjul that Ousainou Bojang, who is charged with the...

GRA Employee Testifies in Senior Health Officials Economic Crimes & Corruption...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) An employee of the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday, 4 December 2023 testified in the ongoing economic crimes and corruption...

Defence Lawyer Continues Cross-Examining Star Witness Mama Jabbi in Police Shooting...

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Senior Lamin J. Darboe on Monday, 4 December 2023 continued with his marathon cross-examination of Mama Jabbi, who said he was...