Justice
O. Ottaba of the High Court in Banjul has adjourned the criminal trial
involving the state against one John Fernandez Sarr, for judgment.
The
judge made this pronouncement on Thursday 8 December 2016 after the court
adopted both the prosecution and defence briefs of arguments.
The
accused was alleged to have, on 23 December 2014 at Father Ferrel Memorial Hall
at Westfield in the Kanifing Municipality, with malice aforethought caused the
death of one Alasan Jammeh by unlawfully hitting him with a stone on his head.
The
prosecution led by state counsel Olimatou Danso called six witnesses and
tendered several exhibits to prove the charge against the accused, whilst the
accused testified on his behalf and called one witness in his defence.
When
the matter came up last Thursday, state counsel Danso informed the court that
the state had filed its briefs of argument on 7 December 2016 and she,
therefore, urged the court to convict the accused as charged.
Defence
counsel A. John Njie also informed the court that the defence had filed its
brief of arguments on 14 November 2016, and urged the court to grant that the
defence submission, that the only case that had been made out of the evidence
was manslaughter.
The
brief of arguments of both parties were deemed adopted by the court.
The
matter was then adjourned until 12 January 2017, for judgment.