The suspect was recently convicted and sentenced by the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on various counts ranging from dangerous driving to careless driving among others.
Gaye pleaded guilty before Magistrate Sarr of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on the 6th August, 2020, for recklessly killing three young men in a car accident around Senegambia and Kotu area.
He was convicted and sentenced to a fine of D2000 in default to serve one year imprisonment, D1000 in default to serve one year imprisonment and D8000 in default to serve one year imprisonment for dangerous, reckless and careless driving.
He was ordered to pay a compensation of D50,000 for each of the victims at the end of August,2020, in default to serve four years imprisonment. The court had ordered the revocation of his license for five years.
Magistrate Sarr granted him bail in the sum of D150,000 with three Gambian sureties. The sentences would run concurrently.
However, Gambians, both home and abroad have reacted to the outcome of the case, with many condemning it as outrageous. The suspect, since then, was rearrested and detained by police and the matter was reinvestigated.
He is now expected to reappear before a court of law.
The community of Diabugu Batapa in the Sandu District of the Upper River Region (URR) is rejoicing as The Gambia-Angola Holding Group (GACH) under the leadership of Abubakary Jawara, is sponsoring the construction of a new mosque valued at 2.2 million dalasis.
Adama Gassama-Jallow, a senior energy officer and gender focal person at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has said that The Gambia like most ECOWAS regions is faced with energy crisis that continues to undermine the country’s development efforts.
NEW YORK, 19 October 2020 – As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual vaccine by purchasing and pre-positioning syringes and other necessary equipment.
Binta Jaiteh, the widow of the late Ousman Darboe, a Sierra Leonean national who died last year has claimed that their family is yet to receive any investigation or post-mortem reports suggesting the cause of her late husband’s death.
