By Saio Marrah Twenty-seven members of Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) have appeared before a Court Martial in Freetown on eighty-eight counts related to security breaches. The charges include, mutiny to overthrow the government, failure to suppress mutiny, aiding the enemy, communicating with the enemy, committing civil offence, and stealing of public or service
By Saio Marrah Justice Monfred Sesay has sentenced a convict, Abu Bakarr Kamara to Six months imprisonment after pleading guilty to wounding Edward Musa. 37-year-old Kamara who had earlier pleaded not guilty to the offence admitted to the crime after his Legal Aid Board Lawyer, Randy Salieu Bangura informed the court that his client wished to change his plea. When he was asked
By Hassan Gbassay Koroma
The presiding Judge at the January 2021 Criminal Session Call-over, Reginald Fynn, yesterday granted bail to nine accused persons who are standing trial for alleged sexual penetration and have spent over one year at the Freetown Male Correctional Centre.
The January 2021 Criminal Session contained forty (40) cases ranging from murder, wounding with intent, wounding, rubbery larceny, house breaking to sexual penetration. Sexual penetration cases dominated the calendar with seventeen (17) cases.
According to the judge, bail was granted to ensure that the accused persons appear for trial whenever needed by the court, stating that those accused persons have spent more than a year at the Freetown Male Correctional Centre without bail, a situation he said affects the presumption of innocence before proven guilty.