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Wellingara Murder Case Transferred
Monday, January 14, 2008
As Suspect Admits Responsibility Sitafa Marra alias 50 Cent has confessed to killing one Abdoulie Ceesay and will know his fate soon. Sitafa appeared before principal magistrate B.Y Camara of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to answer murder charges. His case could not however proceed for lack of jurisdiction. Looking apparently remorseful and outwardly perturbed, Sitafa was brought to the court under escort and when he was asked to enter a plea after charges of murder were read to him, he admitted responsibility. He will now appear before the Brikama Magistrates’ Court because, according to magistrate Camara, Banjul Magistrates’ Court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the matter since Wellingara is a village in Western Region. He, as a result, issued an order for the matter to be transferred to Brikama for continuation.
Meanwhile, Abdoulie Ceesay was reported to have met his violent death when he was stabbed on the neck by Sitafa on 20 December 2007.
Author: By Bakary Samateh
Source: The Point
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