They were earlier charged with assault causing actual bodily harm contrary to Section 196 of the Criminal Offences Act, 2025, and conspiracy to commit felony contrary to Section 341 of the Criminal Offences Act, 2025, before Magistrate Mben Faal of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court.
During the sitting of 12th August, 2025, Cadet Inspector Dodou Jammeh and ASP Badjie withdrew the charge of conspiracy to commit felony against the accused persons. Prosecutor Jammeh applied for a bench warrant to be issued for the arrest of Fatou Colley, who is at large. His application was granted.
It could be recalled that Adama Colley and Mamundaw Saidy pleaded not guilty on the count of conspiracy. They pleaded guilty of the offence of assault causing actual bodily harm.
The prosecuting officer, Cadet Inspector Dodou Jammeh, read the facts on the count of assault causing actual bodily harm. Both the accused accepted the facts as read by the prosecutor.
Subsequently, Prosecutor Jammeh applied to tender a medical certificate, two cautionary and two voluntary statements of the accused. His application was granted and the documents were admitted by the court and marked as MC 1, CVS 1 and CVS 2 without any objection by the accused.
The accused were found guilty of the offence of assault causing actual bodily harm, and were convicted accordingly.
Adama Colley, Mamundaw Saidy and Fatou Colley were alleged by prosecutors to have conspired among themselves to commit felony to wit assault on the 20th July, 2025, at Serrekunda, in the Kanifing Municipality of the Republic of The Gambia.
They were also alleged to have willfully and unlawfully assaulted a woman (name withheld) by putting mixture of vinegar, black pepper and candle wax into her private part, occasioning her actual bodily harm.
The matter was adjourned to invite the medical doctor who issued the medical certificate.
