One
Isatou Bah has said that the accused, Mamadou Korka Jallow, killed her younger
brother, Abdoulie Dabbi Bah (deceased) because of D30.
Isatou
Bah was testifying on 29 June 2017 before Justice Sainabou Wadda Cissa of the
High Court in Banjul as the 2nd prosecution witness in the criminal trial
involving Mamadou Korka Jallow.
The
prosecution alleged that the accused on 16 September 2016, at Old Yundum in the
West Coast Region, unlawfully caused the death of the deceased by stabbing him
with a knife.
The
witness, Isatou Bah, recalled that on 16 September 2016, she had some strangers
and in the evening she went to accompany them after their visit.
She
said as they arrived at the highway, she found the accused and the victim
fighting and she was almost knocked by a motor vehicle whilst she was crossing
the road to separate them.
The
witness explained that she separated them and as she enquired what had
transpired, she was informed that they had brawl because of second hand clothes
worth D30 sold to the deceased on credit.
The
witness further explained that she paid the money to the accused and the driver
of the vehicle that almost knocked her also paid D30 to the accused and they
left.
The
witness revealed that some moments later, her younger brother’s apprentice came
to her and informed her that the accused person had stabbed her younger
brother.
The
2nd witness said she rushed to the scene and upon her arrival, she was informed
that her younger brother was taken to Old Yundum Police Station.
