Man convicted for threatening violence

Magistrate Tabally of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court recently convicted and sentenced one Amadou Hydara to a fine of D1,000 in default to serve two months in prison, upon his own plea of guilty on a charge of threatening violence.

According to the charge sheet, on 19 October 2010, between the hours of 8pm and 9pm at the Banjul Garage in Serrekunda in the Kanifing Municipality, Amadou Hydara, with intent to intimidate or annoy one Buba Njie, threatened to stab him with knife.