Monday, October 20, 2025

Legal Affairs

Elderly Man Faces Rape Charges for Allegedly Engaging Boy in Sexual...

By Mariama Marong Medical Doctor who goes by the name Ramatoulie Drammeh on Monday 23rd June gave evidence in a Gender Based Violence case that...

UTG Lawyer Dissatisfied With Magistrate Ruling on 2 Former UTG Lecturers’...

By Mariama Marong The State Law Office had filed an appeal which showed the University of The Gambia and the Attorney General (applicants) dissatisfaction with...

Gov’t Spox Tells Court His Comments Were Based on Police Briefings

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Government Spokesperson Ebrima G. Sankareh testified in the High Court on Monday that his remarks about the Sukuta-Jabang shooting were entirely...

Nigerian Woman Faces Six Counts of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation...

By Mariama Marong A Nigerian woman identified as Hanna Magbujor Isaiah, also known by the aliases “Treasure” or “Madam,” is facing six serious criminal charges...

CID Officer Testifies Harouna Tine Was Not Forced During Statement

By Mariama Marong A police officer from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has told the High Court that murder suspect Harouna Tine was neither forced...

Court Orders West Coast Radio to Submit Original September 14 Broadcast

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The High Court on Monday ordered West Coast Radio to produce the complete and unaltered audio recording of a September 14,...

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...