{"id":433998,"date":"2011-06-01T10:58:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T10:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/01\/indian-sentenced-for-calling-locals-lazy-black-monkeys\/"},"modified":"2011-06-01T10:58:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T10:58:36","slug":"indian-sentenced-for-calling-locals-lazy-black-monkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/01\/indian-sentenced-for-calling-locals-lazy-black-monkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Sentenced for Calling Locals &#8216;Lazy Black Monkeys&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"26.0294736842\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.gm\/enews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Observer<\/a> (Banjul)<\/p>\n<p>Omar Wally<\/p>\n<p>1 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>One Mahesh D Bhojwani, an Indian businessman residing in the country, was yesterday convicted and sentenced by acting Principal Magistrate Sherrif B Tabally of the Kanifing Magistrates Court after being found guilty of prohibition of conduct conducive to the breach of peace contrary to Section 9 of the Public Order Act.<\/p>\n<p>According to the particulars of offence, on 29th January 2011, along Sayerr Jobe Avenue in Serrekunda, Kanifing Municipality, while in a public place, Mahesh D Bhojwani used abusive words on one Isatou Singhateh, saying that, &#8216;Gambians are lazy black monkeys&#8217;, a manner likely to cause a breach of peace.<\/p>\n<p>The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecution had called three witnesses who testified in the case, while the accused also opened his defence and gave evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution was able to prove their case beyond all reasonable doubt. The presiding magistrate then convicted and sentenced the accused to pay a fine of D1,000 in default to serve three months imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106010732.html\" title=\"Indian Sentenced for Calling Locals 'Lazy Black Monkeys'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Sentenced for Calling Locals &#8216;Lazy Black Monkeys&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Daily Observer (Banjul) Omar Wally 1 June 2011 One Mahesh D Bhojwani, an Indian businessman residing in the country, was yesterday convicted and sentenced by acting Principal Magistrate Sherrif B Tabally of the Kanifing Magistrates Court after being found guilty of prohibition of conduct conducive to the breach of peace contrary to Section 9 of the Public Order Act. According to the particulars of offence, on 29th January 2011, along Sayerr Jobe Avenue in Serrekunda, Kanifing Municipality, while in a public place, Mahesh D Bhojwani used abusive words on one Isatou Singhateh, saying that, &#8216;Gambians are lazy black monkeys&#8217;, a manner likely to cause a breach of peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":433999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-433998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian Sentenced for Calling Locals &#039;Lazy Black Monkeys&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/01\/indian-sentenced-for-calling-locals-lazy-black-monkeys\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Indian Sentenced for Calling Locals &#039;Lazy Black Monkeys&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Daily Observer (Banjul) Omar Wally 1 June 2011 One Mahesh D Bhojwani, an Indian businessman residing in the country, was yesterday convicted and sentenced by acting Principal Magistrate Sherrif B Tabally of the Kanifing Magistrates Court after being found guilty of prohibition of conduct conducive to the breach of peace contrary to Section 9 of the Public Order Act. 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