Counsel
Abdoulie Sissoho, who is representing Yankuba Touray in the murder case at the
High Court in Banjul, on 12 December, 2019, before Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, put
it to the second prosecution witness, Ensa Mendy, that the cause of death of
Koro Ceesay was not known to anybody in the country on 25 June, 1995, at 2.30
p.m. He answered that he did not know.
Still
under cross-examination, Counsel Sissoho challenged the witness that he told
the court that on 25 June, 1995, which was on a Sunday, he went to work. In
response, he told the court that this was a long time and he could not remember
the date, adding that he was on duty.
He
was asked who was at work when he went with the accused, but said that he did
not know. He further noted that he only knew the secretary general. It was also
put to him that from the point of leaving the residence of the accused at
Kololi to the office, he told the court that the deceased was killed at the
residence of the accused. He answered that he heard it at the office but could
not remember their names.
“How
many people told you that?” he was asked. He replied that he could not
remember. It was put to him that the reason why he could not remember was
because the incident never happened, but he said it happened.
“It
was at night and was dark when you saw the accused walking in the living room
to the bedroom,” Counsel Sissoho challenged him.
“It
was at night but there was light,” he told the court.
It
was also put to him that in his report at the TRRC he never said under oath
that the living room was wet and muddy. He responded that it was wet and muddy.
He denied saying in the TRRC report that the verandah was wet and not inside
the house.
“Did
you attend the funeral of the deceased?” Counsel Sissoho enquired.
“No,”
he answered.
Hearing
continues today when the third prosecution witness will get into the witness
box and tell the court all he knows about the matter.
