FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
Mamadou Dem
20 June 2011
Acting Principal Magistrate Alagbe Taiwo Ade of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 17th June, admonished and discharged James Wonyeh and Sampson Montgomery (both Liberians) who were charged with entering into the Gambia without pass or permit, contrary to the Laws of The Gambia.
The trial magistrate said it is not clear whether the accused persons intended to come to the Gambia but that they have learned their lessons.
The magistrate, after admonishing and discharging the two accused persons, deported them back to their country, Liberia, and ordered that they be given the sum of five hundred US dollars to facilitate their journey back home.
Cadet ASP Manneh applied for the court in accordance with section 147 of the Criminal Procedure Code, to make an order for the small canoe that brought in the accused persons into The Gambia and which was grounded at the Navy headquarters be returned to its rightful owner.
The trial magistrate subsequently ordered that the said canoe be returned to the owner and for the order be served to the Navy authorities.
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