The
case involving prison officers Ebrima B. Njie and Edrisa Manga, who were
charged with aiding a prisoner to escape and neglect of official duty, resumed
on yesterday 1st February 2017, before Magistrate Janneh-Njie of the Banjul
Magistrates’ Court.
Ebrima
B. Njie and Edrisa Manga were alleged to have aided Alhagie Ceesay, the former
managing director of Teranga FM Radio, to escape from custody.
They
earlier pleaded guilty, but later changed their plea from guilty to not guilty.
Prosecutor
Jarju had already called five witnesses who testified.
The
fifth witness, Madeleine Mendy, who said she is a nurse at EFSTH and lives at
Farato, had finished her testimony.
Under
cross-examination by the defence counsel, Patrick Gomez, she told the court she
was not at the prisons during the time of the alleged escape.
Told
that she was not with the accused persons during the time of the alleged
escape, she answered in the positive.
It
was put to her that it was illogical to state how the alleged escape happened.
In
response, she told the court that she did not know how it happened.
At
that juncture, the prosecutor applied for an adjournment to enable him to bring
another witness at the next court sitting.
The
case was subsequently adjourned until 7 February 2017.
