According to the charge sheet presented by Inspector Cherno Baba Jallow on behalf of the IGP, on the 4th August, 2025, at Old Jeshwang, in the Kanifing Municipality of the Republic of The Gambia, Saidou Trawally willfully and unlawfully assaulted one Samba Jallow by stabbing him with a cutlass and a knife on his back, left arm and head, occasioning him grievous bodily harm.
It could be recalled that the prosecuting officer read the facts to the court. He stated that the complainant, Samba Jallow, introduced the accused, who is a marabout, to someone to render him some marabout service. He said they agreed on a price. “The marabout then rendered the service successfully but his client failed to pay him. Because the complainant was the one who introduced the marabout to his client, the marabout vented his anger on the complainant and they fought. This happened when the complainant was going to a shop. The marabout attacked him with a cutlass and a knife and stabbed him on his back, hand, head and stomach. As a result, the complainant sustained some injuries and the matter was reported at Old Jeshwang Police Station. He was rushed to the Kanifing General Hospital where he was admitted. A medical report was later issued,” Inspector Jallow further stated.
The marabout was expected to react to the facts narrated by the prosecuting officer. On the 25th August, 2025, he was asked whether the facts read by the prosecuting officer were correct, and he answered in the positive.
In mitigation, the convict told the court that he was the breadwinner of his family. “I was seriously beaten up by a mob. I collapsed at Mile 2 Prisons and my inmate colleagues took care of me. I beg the court to temper justice with mercy,” he pleaded.
