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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Lawyer Hajum Gaye has urged a high court judge to acquit and discharge Marie Mboob, who is accused of participating in the trafficking of one Amie Sanneh to Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Lawyer Gaye in a file \u2018no-case-to-answer\u2019 application said prosecutors \u201cfailed\u201d to establish a case against Marie Mboob, linking her to the crime she is accused of.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my humble submission that the prosecution through all the three witnesses could not establish a prima facie case against the accused person to warrant her entering her defense,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She argued that her client never acted as an intermediary for the purpose of trafficking. \u201cThis charge does not hold water in that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses is misplaced and does not support the offence charged.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the prosecutor, Saikou Lamin Jobarteh in a filed response, argued that there is an established case against the accused person which the court could \u201csafely\u201d convict in the absence of an explanation from her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prosecution witnesses have proven all the essential elements of the charge and the witnesses have not been discredited during cross-examination,\u201d he said, urging the court to disallow the application for lack of merit and being an abuse of the process of the court with substantial cost.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. Lawyer Hajum Gaye has urged a high court judge to acquit and discharge Marie Mboob, who is accused of participating in the trafficking of one Amie Sanneh to Lebanon. 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