The court made emphasis on the personal diary of the accused, since the accused, Ousainou Bojang had told the court that his email address and password were recorded in the diary.
The issue of the accused’s personal diary arose when his mobile phone was brought to court for him to access. However, the technician in court stated that the phone had been reset and unlocking it could erase all the information. The technician also explained that the data could only be recovered if the accused had access to his email address.
The accused then informed the court that he had forgotten his email address but had written it down in his personal diary, which was at his house.
The accused was then asked if anyone from his family could have access to the diary and he said his brother could help. During Monday’s sitting, the accused informed the court that his brother was unable to find the diary. He also said all his items were taken by the team of investigators.
In his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice E. Jaiteh directed the Commissioner of Anti-Crime Unit of the Gambia Police Force to produce the personal diary taken from the accused's residence during the investigation and all other items.
Also, all requested documents and items must be submitted to the court for review and presented during the court's next adjourned date. “All orders are to be executed immediately.”
Meanwhile, in his testimony, Ousainou Bojang explained that when senior police officers took him to the Sukuta Police Station, they told him he would meet the eyewitnesses of the alleged incident there.
He recalled there were about seven individuals present at the station. Upon his arrival, he said, the senior police officers greeted them and asked if they knew him (Ousainou Bojang). He said the ‘eyewitnesses’ responded that they did not know him.
The officers further asked if they had ever seen him before, and they replied that they never had, he told the court, adding that the ‘eyewitnesses’ told the officers the person they saw at the alleged incident was short and wore a white kaftan.
After this exchange, Ousainou further said, one of the eyewitnesses, Pateh Bah, started crying and told his colleagues that Commissioner Sowe was “misleading” them. He said Pateh Bah then reassured him, saying: “Everything will be fine, and God is with you.”
Subsequently, Ousainou said the senior officers drove him back to the Anti-Crime Unit and handed him over to the junior officers.
“I was taken to the cell until late at night when one Ebou Sowe came and opened the cell door,” he narrated. “I asked him if they were going to release me, but he said no because, given the situation I was in, they would not release me. He added that if they did, I might be killed by the people.”
He then said that Ebou Sowe took him outside, and they started chatting. He added that Ebou Sowe asked him if he would like a cup of coffee, and he accepted. However, Ousainou noted that the coffee was not prepared in his presence. He drank it and shortly afterward fell asleep.
“I found myself back in the cell, but I do not know how I got there,” he said.
Asked by the defence counsel, Lamin J. Darbo, if he had anything else to say in court, Ousainou Bojang stated that the Gambia Anti-Crime Unit said they knew who killed their colleagues, but it was not him. “I want them to go and find the real killer, but it is not me,” he appealed.
