Prosecuting
officer Sub-inspector Abdoulie Bojang, on 13 April 2017, adopted his written
address in a voire dire (trial within trial) before Magistrate Janneh-Njie of
the Banjul Magistrates’ Court.
Babucarr
Njie, a soldier found with a pistol at the King Fahd Mosque, earlier told the
court he was threatened when his cautionary and voluntary statements were being
recorded.
As
a result, the defence counsel, Sheriff Kumba Jobe, urged the court to order for
a voire dire to determine the voluntariness of the statements.
In
his address, the defence counsel said that since the prosecutor had failed to
adduce evidence that the statements were obtained voluntarily, that therefore
rendered the statements involuntarily.
He
urged the court to disregard the statements sought to be tendered.
He
argued that it violated the manner in which they were recorded.
Now
that the prosecutor had filed and adopted his written address before the court,
the defence counsel is expected to reply on points of law on 20 April 2017.
