Ramatoulie
Touray, who works as a court registrar at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court,
yesterday testified at the same court in the case involving one Ebrima B. Njie
and Edrisa Manga.
Ebrima
B. Njie and Edrisa Manga, prison officers, were earlier arraigned and charged
with aiding Abdoulie Ceesay, former Managing Director of Taranga FM Radio, to
escape from custody.
Ramatoulie
Touray, a prosecution witness, testified that she lives at Sukuta and did not
recognise the accused persons, and did not know Abdoulie Ceesay.
She
told the court that there was a criminal case against Abdoulie Ceesay, adding
that within 2015 their office prepared a remand warrant for Abdoulie Ceesay.
The
said remand warrant was shown to her, which she recognized.
Prosecutor
Jarju then applied to tender the said remand warrant, which bore the stamp of
the court.
Under
cross-examination by the defence counsel, Lawyer Gomez, the witness said the
remand warrant was prepared by their office.
She
added that she was not present when the document was prepared.
It
was put to her that there could have been another Abdoulie Ceesay other than
the Abdoulie Ceesay whose name was on the document, and also that she did not
see the said Abdoulie Ceesay.
In
response, she stated that the document bore Abdoulie Ceesay’s name and, since
the document bore the stamp of the court, she came to the conclusion that the
person was Abdoulie Ceesay.
She
confirmed that she had never seen Abdoulie Ceesay.
It
was again put to her that she only knew the document which bore Abdoulie
Ceesay’s name, but she did not know him.
In
reply, she said all what she knew was the document was prepared by her office.
The
case continues today.
