Gambia
Ports Authority account theft case was heard before Magistrate Dunn Njie of the
Kanifing Magistrates’ Court, following the plea of not guilty by the accused
person. Chief Inspector Touray, who inherited the case from Prosecutor Fadera,
held brief for the Inspector General of Police on 10 December, 2019.
Prosecutors
alleged that Patrick Godwin, the accused, in the month of May, 2015, at
Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) and diverse places in the Kanifing Municipality
of the Republic of The Gambia, stole an amount of D354,000 from The Gambia
Ports Authority account, by sending a fund request transfer pretending to be
from Gambia Ports Authority, knowing it to be false.
He
was also alleged to have forged a fund request transfer pretending to be from
Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) to Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) requesting
transfer of an amount of D354,000 to his personal account.
It
was alleged that he illegally and without claim of right requested Guaranty
Trust Bank to transfer an amount of D354,000 from Gambia Ports Authority
account at the said bank to his personal account, knowing at the time it was
unlawful.
