More items discovered in Westfield alleged murder case

During the examination of the sixth prosecution witness - Landing Jallow, State counsel O. Gibba revealed that the jacket of the accused was stained with blood, and the knife used to stab Fatoumatta Kargbo were all recovered in the bureau.

The witness said the red shirt of the accused, also stained with blood, was discovered when he, the accused, was discharged from the hospital. He added that an orange dress, confirmed to be the dress of the deceased, was also recovered from the hospital.

It would be recalled that a cross-bag containing two spanners was also recovered and confirmed to belong to the accused, Arona Tine.

The witness further said the grey jacket stained with blood was found on a chair together with the cross-bag, adding that the jacket was then put inside a paper bag and labelled.

PW6 said the alleged knife, which had a sea-green handle and was stained with blood, was also put inside a paper bag for reference.

Counsel A. Gibba sought for the items to be handed over to the witness for identification, and after the identification, the state counsel applied to tender the  items, but defence lawyer O. Susso did not object to the tendering of the items into evidence.

The items were then admitted in evidence by the presiding judge, Justice E. Jaiteh.

Asked at what stage of his investigation he, the witness, interacted with the deceased, PW6 said when he asked about the deceased at the crime scene he was told she had been escorted to the Westfield Clinic. He added that he did not go to the clinic but went to see the deceased at the mortuary.

He was at the mortuary to witness the postmortem and later recovered the dress of the deceased, the witness testified, saying he took the dress to Serekunda West Station and “put it in a paper bag”.

Counsel A. Gibba sought for the witness to be shown the paper bag containing the dress to identify it. After a look at the bag and its content, the witness confirmed the dress was the item he recovered at the mortuary.

After the confirmation, counsel Gibba applied to tender the dress as evidence, and the case was adjourned.