{"id":3676,"date":"2019-12-12T23:14:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T23:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=3676"},"modified":"2019-12-12T23:14:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T23:14:45","slug":"banjul-high-court-hears-yankuba-tourays-case-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-high-court-hears-yankuba-tourays-case-today","title":{"rendered":"Banjul High Court Hears Yankuba Touray\u2019s Case Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<p>The criminal trial involving Yankuba Touray, a former Minister of Local Government and Lands was today presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul high court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-text-content td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<p>Touray is charged with the murder of Ousman Koro Ceesay, a former Minister of Finance during the reign of the military government. The killing of Ceesay according to the particulars of claim, happened at the residence of Mr. Touray sometime in June 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Defence lawyer A. Sisoho yesterday concluded his cross-examination of the third prosecution witness, Ensa Mendy. Mendy said he was the personal orderly and guard to Mr. Touray at the time the alleged murder occurred. Mendy told the court that he was told that Ceesay was killed at the residence of Mr. Touray adding that he (the witness) was not present at the time the alleged murder took place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many people told you about it?\u201d Lawyer Sisoho asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t tell how many people,\u201d the witness said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why you cannot remember is because it never happened,\u201d Sisoho said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it happened,\u201d the witness replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am putting it to you that on the 25th June 1995 at 2:30 pm the cause of death of the deceased was not known to anybody in the country,\u201d the defense lawyer told the witness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d the witness replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you saw the accused person walking from the living room to the bedroom was it at night and was it dark,\u201d Sisoho asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was at night, but it was not dark inside because there was light,\u201d the witness said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never tell the TRRC that the living room was wet and muddy,\u201d Sisoho poised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot correct. It was wet and muddy,\u201d Mendy replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am putting it to you that the defense Exhibit D3 (that is the testimony of the TRRC before the TRRC) you said it was the veranda that was wet and not inside the house,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never mentioned that,\u201d the witness said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you attend the funeral of the decease,\u201d Sisoho asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d the witness replied.<\/p>\n<p>After Lawyer Sisoho told the court that he has no further questions for the witness, he was discharged and the trial judge indicated that he wants a speedy trial within a reasonable time. Justice Jaiteh said trial within a reasonable time is a constitutional provision and therefore the court took multiple days for the case. The dates and time are; 13th December 2019 from 10 to 11 am, 16thDecember 2019 from 9 to 10 am, 20th December 2019 from 9:30 to 10:30 am, 27th January 2020 from 2 to 3:30 pm, 28th January 2020 from 2 to 3:30 pm, 29th January 2020 from 10 am to 12 pm, 3rd February 2020 from 2 to 3:30 pm and 4th February 2020 from 2 to 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The criminal trial involving Yankuba Touray, a former Minister of Local Government and Lands was today presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul high court. Touray is charged with the murder of Ousman Koro Ceesay, a former Minister of Finance during the reign of the military government. 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