The impersonation trial involving Lamin Jarju, a native of Kombo Lamin was on Monday adjourned for September 4th for the Police Prosecutor 413 Sanyang to open his case.

Lawyer Borry Touray, the accused’s Defence Counsel completed his address before Magistrate EF M’Bai of the Brikama Magistrates’ Court before the case was adjourned.

In his address, Lawyer Touray told the court that, submitted that  “the prosecution needs to prove the following ingredients in order to raise permission which would in law, warrant the accused to enter his defence.

“The prosecution should prove whether the accused was found falsely representing himself as an Alkalo and whether the accused has falsely represented himself to be a person employed in the public service. Also, the evidences called by the prosecution in this case are to that effect. The accused falsely represented himself as an Alkalo of a village. The prosecution therefore has a routine law to satisfy the court, the office where the accused was found personating is an office in the public service,” he submitted. 

Lawyer Touray went on to state that, the office of an Alkalo is not an office in the public service and cannot therefore be described as a public office. “The position of an Alkalo is rather that of a community worker and does not lie with the contemplation of the consensus which creates the offence.  It has been submitted in the cross examination that the office of an Alkalo is not an office of the public service. It is not an office entitled to the payment of salaries, in fact the office is not a permanent personable office to the public service,” he said. 

He concluded by submitting and then appealed before the court that the accused be acquitted and discharged.

The case was then adjourned to Tuesday 4th September for continuation.

Police Prosecutor Cpl 413 Sanyang stood in for the IGP.