The
Basse High Court presided over by Justice Simon A. Abi on Friday 28 July 2017,
adjourned the criminal matter involving a Muhammed Darboe to October for
judgment.
The
accused person is standing trial on two counts of defilement and attempted
suicide.
The
particulars of offence on count one stated that the accused between January and
June 2014 at Janjanbureh in the Central River Region, had unlawful carnal
knowledge of a 13-year-old girl.
The
particulars of offence on count two disclosed that the accused on 12 June 2014,
at Tiyang Sita Village in the Central River Region, attempted to kill himself
by drinking acid.
The
prosecution called several witnesses to prove the charge against the accused
and tendered several exhibits and the accused testified as a lone witness in
his defence.
In
her evidence, the victim disclosed that the accused met her in her room in the
night whilst her elder sister had travelled to Tabanani village and requested
to have sex with her.
She then explained how the accused lured her
into doing the act.
The
wife of the accused testified that she observed that the victim was pregnant
and when she asked the victim, she told her that she was impregnated by the
accused.
She
further testified that she confronted the accused on the issue and he admitted
impregnating the victim.
Musa
Bah, a police officer stated that he arrested the accused whilst he was
attempting to kill himself by drinking acid.
The
witness disclosed that he recorded the cautionary and voluntary statements of
the accused and they were tendered in evidence and marked as exhibits.
Sherrifo
F.S. Fatty, a dentist at Bansang Hospital stated that he conducted examination
to determine the age of the victim and prepared a report to that effect which
was also tendered and admitted in evidence.
The
accused, in his defence, blamed Satan for committing the alleged crime and that
all he could do was to take his own life.