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By Francis Murray Justice Monfred Sesay of the High Court in Freetown has sentenced one Abdul Turay to 15 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of wounding Police Inspector Sultan Mohammed Sewa. During the trial the prosecution called five witnesses and tendered five exhibits including the voluntary caution and charge statements of the accused, photos of the victim and
By Mohamed Foday Conteh Justice Monfred Sesay has sent one John Alie ‘Strong Life’ Sankoh, 18, on remand on Thursday 30th September this year because he failed to appear in court without a face mask. Sankoh was supposed to be arraigned in court on the said date on a one count indictment. The 18-year-old was charged to court for the offence of Burglary and Larceny contrary to
By Saio Marrah Justice Monfred Sesay has recused himself from the trial of Mohamed Aroun Conteh, the school boy charged with the murder of his teacher Edward Gillis Ola Johnson for what the judge described as “personal reason”. He gave no details as he read out a letter addressed to the Chief Justice on Wednesday 8th November 2023. He also discharged the 12 person jury in the
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
WHAT LESSONS FROM RECENT KONO MURDER SENTENCES At the High Court in Freetown, Justice Monfred Sesay sentenced a few guys from Kono district that they took their love for politics and political parties too far. A jury had returned a verdict of guilty on two counts of murder and conspiracy to murder another Kono man in 2021. The judge upheld the argument that as the Kono-based