One detective Sultan Gibril Colley of Kanifing Estate Police Station Monday testified as a prosecution witness, in the ongoing criminal trial involving the state against two robbery suspects, Ousman Sonko and Omar Ceesay.
They
were charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and robbery.
They
were alleged to have conspired and robbed one Anna Mendy with violence the sum
of D1,500, two mobile phones marked Nokia single Sim and a Samsung two Sim
phone, a pair of shoes worth D775, and a Samsung charger, on 14 August 2014 at
Westfield near Jokor in the Kanifing Municipality.
Testifying
before the court, detective Colley told the court that during investigation of
the alleged crime some items were recovered, and the cautionary statements of
the accused were obtained.
The
investigation took some days, and after recovering some of the items, the
complainant, Anna Mendy, was called and she identified them.
The
sum of D750.00 and Samsung mobile phone were recovered from the suspects.
Hearing
continues on 12 and 13 December 2016.
