State
counsel Abdoulie Colley has urged the court to grant him a short adjournment,
to enable him prepare for a criminal case involving the state against one
Edrissa Camara, accused of rape.
State
counsel A. Colley made the request on Monday 14 November 2016, before Justice
O. Ottaba of the High Court in Banjul.
The
accused, Edrissa Camara, is charged with three counts of rape and abduction.
Count
one stated that the accused on 26 October 2015, at Jambur in the Kombo South
district of the West Coast Region, had unlawful carnal knowledge of a
14-year-old girl (name withheld) without her consent.
The
particulars of offence in count two disclosed that the accused on the said date
and place took away and detained the said victim against her will.
Count
three stated that he abducted a girl under the age of eighteen.
Meanwhile,
during the court sitting on Monday, state counsel A. Colley told the court that
he was appearing in the case for the first time, hence needed time to
farmiliarise himself for the case.
He,
therefore, craved the court’s indulgence to grant him a short adjournment so as
to prepare the case.
In
his reply, defence counsel Sydney indicated he was not opposing the application
for adjournment and, therefore, urged the court to order the state to serve the
defence with the witness statements.
The
matter was adjourned until 24 November 2016, for hearing.
