Magistrate Dago of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court Monday cautioned and discharged one Yaya Samba for cattle theft.
The facts of the case as narrated by Sgt B. Njie stated that it happened on 14 October 2012, at KGI Kairaba, when the complainant received a phone call from one PIU officer that his ram was stolen by the accused person, who was already arrested by the said officer while trying to escape with the ram.
The accused was screened to ascertain the ownership of the said ram, which the accused could not prove and said the ram was owned by his uncle.
He was taken to police station where he was cautioned and charged, which the accused admitted.
The charge sheet stated that on 14 October 2012, at KGI Kairaba Avenue in the Kanifing Municipality, he stole a white ram valued at D2, 100 the property of one Ousainou Cham.