{"id":7713,"date":"2021-12-24T17:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T17:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/supreme-court-to-hear-motion-from-barrows-defence-team-today"},"modified":"2021-12-24T18:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T18:22:09","slug":"supreme-court-to-hear-motion-from-barrows-defence-team-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/supreme-court-to-hear-motion-from-barrows-defence-team-today","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to hear motion from Barrow\u2019s defence team today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>President-elect Barrow\u2019s legal team in the on-going electoral petition case on Tuesday 21st of December withdrew the motion they earlier filed, which urged the court to dismiss the UDP petition. According to the defence team of the first respondent, they later filed another motion which they say is more detailed than the former.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court therefore granted the application made by lawyer Sheriff Tambadou on behalf of Barrow\u2019s legal team and struck out the first motion filed but awarded a cost of D10, 000 to the petitioner UDP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. President-elect Barrow\u2019s legal team in the on-going electoral petition case on Tuesday 21st of December withdrew the motion they earlier filed, which urged the court to dismiss the UDP petition. 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