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Lady Jailed for Infanticide

Jul 9, 2008, 7:03 AM | Article By: By Malamin Conteh & Yerro Mballow

One Binta Jatta of Fajikunda was yesterday convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Bundung Magistrates' Court for the offence of infanticide.

The offence revealed that the convict, on the 17thMay 2008, killed her newborn baby by dumping him in a pit latrine.