Ismaila
Ndong, a taxi driver, who was charged with robbery with violence before
Magistrate P. Sarr-Mendy of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court, on 12 December,
2019, appeared in court and pleaded not guilty when the charge sheet was read
to him.
Sergeant
Touray, who filed the bill of indictment before the court, made an application
for the case to be transferred to the Special Criminal Division in Banjul. He
said that the charge the accused was facing was a capital offence.
The
indictment bill presented by Prosecutor Touray indicated that the accused,
Ismaila Ndong, a taxi driver on 4 December, 2019, at Bakau New Town, in the
Kanifing Municipality of the Republic of The Gambia, robbed one Fatou Njie with
a knife and took the following items from her: two gold and silver rings, value
unknown, fiscal cash of D12,900, a bottle of perfume, value unknown, body
splash valued at D300, power bank, value unknown, a mobile phone mark Samsung
Galaxy 6 edge valued at D10,000, a mobile phone mark IPhone valued at D13,000
and a simple mobile phone valued at D800, totaling D37,000, the properties of
Fatou Njie.
Magistrate
P. Sarr-Mendy, in her ruling, told the court that the offence the accused
person was charged with was a capital offence, adding that the Kanifing
Magistrates’ Court is a subordinate court and does not have the jurisdiction to
deal with such cases. She subsequently transferred the case to the Special
Criminal Division in Banjul and remanded the accused.
Earlier,
the office of the Inspector General of Police announced that officers of the
Police Anti Crime Unit have arrested Ismaila Ndong, a taxi driver of New
Street, Banjul, for his alleged involvement in kidnapping, violent extortion,
and rape of women within the Greater Banjul Area and Kanifing.
