Gambia: The Constitution Overides the CPC

Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrate Court has raised eye brows over the prosecution's continuous failure to bring remand prisoners to court, noting that the accused person has to be charged within a reasonable time in order for the case to be expedited in the soonest possible time.

Magistrate Sillah-Camara made this submission on Monday January 21, while presiding over a suspected murder trial, involving one Mustapha Gaye, who was absent in court because the prosecution failed to ensure his (accused) appearance, citing logistical problems in transporting the accused person from prison to the court house. The trial magistrate, however, urged the prosecution team to regularize the issue of transport at their end as the court cannot continue to adjourn cases based on logistical difficulties.

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