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| Momodou |
Posted - 23 Jul 2014 : 12:13:34
Former GPA MD Tambedou acquitted
By Bakary Samateh
The Point: Published on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Banjul magistrates’ court presided over by principal magistrate Hilary Abeke Monday acquitted and discharged Abdoulie Tambedou, a former managing director of the Gambia Ports Authority, who was charged with the offence of giving false information to a public officer.
Delivering his judgment, the trial magistrate told the court that the accused was arraigned early last year, and he denied the charge.
The prosecution had called several witnesses including one Lamin Sanyang, the sixth prosecution witness.
The testimony of Sanyang, who was supposed to be the star witness, was not credible, and the court could not rely on it to secure a conviction against the accused person, the magistrate said.
“I therefore acquit and discharge the accused person”, he declared.
The particulars of the offence in count one were that Abdoulie Tambedou, on 13 August 2012 in Banjul wrote a petition to the Office of the President, alleging indiscipline by the associates and relatives of his predecessor, Momodou Lamin Gibba, by way of making derogatory remarks towards him and the GPA management with intent to make the GPA ungovernable, information he knew to be false at the time.
Source: The Point |
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| kobo |
Posted - 25 Jul 2014 : 04:07:47
Foroyaa news report Published July 24, 2014;
By Mamadou Dem
The Banjul Magistrates’ Court presided over by Principal Magistrate Hillary Abeke on Monday, 21 July, 2014 acquitted and discharged Abdoulie Tambedou, the former Managing Director of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) on the four counts charges of “Giving False Information to a Public Servant” contrary to Section 114 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Delivering the judgement in a congested court room on behalf of Magistrate Lamin Mbye, the trial Magistrate noted that in proving its case, the prosecution has called seven witnesses and tendered five exhibits while the accused testified as a lone witness in his defence and tendered one exhibit.......Full Report |
| kobo |
Posted - 23 Jul 2014 : 16:16:43
Related Bantaba topic 2 Ex-GPA Directors acquitted on all charges |
| toubab1020 |
Posted - 23 Jul 2014 : 12:47:09
In order for a successful prosecution the witnesses MUST be credible
http://thesaurus.com/browse/CREDIBLE 
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/credible
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/former-gpa-md-tambedou-acquitted
"The prosecution had called several witnesses including one Lamin Sanyang, the sixth prosecution witness.
The testimony of Sanyang, who was supposed to be the star witness, was not credible, and the court could not rely on it to secure a conviction against the accused person, the magistrate said.
“I therefore acquit and discharge the accused person”, he declared." |
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