The
Basse High Court presided over by Justice Simon A. Abi on Friday 28 July 2017,
adjourned the criminal case involving Abdoulie Bohum to the October sitting for
judgment.
The
prosecution alleged that the accused, Abdoulie Bohum, on 29 April 2014, at
Misera-Ba Mariama Village in the Upper River Region murdered one Aja Mariama
Nyan, aged 101 years by stabbing her with a knife.
The
prosecution called four witnesses to prove its case against the accused and
tendered exhibits, and the accused called two witnesses in his defence.
According
to the first prosecution witness, Jainaba Bohum, (the mother of the accused),
on the day of the alleged incident, around 14:00 hours, whilst she was in the
veranda having lunch, she heard her mother (the deceased) shouting for help,
saying that the accused had stabbed her in her stomach and she was dying.
She
testified that she saw the knife sticking out of the stomach of the deceased,
which she removed.
The
second prosecution witness, Fatoumatta Bohum, also testified that on the said
date around 14:00 hours, whilst having lunch, the deceased came out of her
room, saying that the accused had stabbed her with a knife.
The
third prosecution witness, Amie Baldeh, also testified that on 29 April 2014,
around the 14:00 hours whilst having lunch, the deceased came out of her room
shouting for help, saying the accused had stabbed her with a knife.
She
further testified that she saw the mother of the accused approach the deceased
to help remove the knife from her stomach.
The
accused, in his defence, denied stabbing his grandmother and that on the day of
the alleged incident he was sitting with some of his colleagues at the compound
gate when he heard noise inside the compound and said he knew nothing of the
incident.
Meanwhile,
the matter was adjourned to October sitting in Basse for adoption of briefs.
