FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
Bubacarr K. Sowe
4 March 2008
A statement of account, demand notes, speeding tickets and documents relating to the purchase of a Peugeot 607 vehicle were on Thursday admitted in evidence by the court in the trial of William Joof, Gambia's ex-ambassador to France.
On Wednesday the prosecution had applied for the recall of the first prosecution witness, Moses Benjamin Jallow, Charge d'Affaires of Gambian Embassy in France, but counsel for the defence, Mr. Camara was objected. However, Magistrate Olajubutu Kayode on Thursday, overruled the objection from Defense Lawyer Lamin Camara.
The prosecutor, Emmanuel Fagbenle, recalled Mr. Jallow to enable him tender the documents mentioned above as evidence. All the documents tendered in court were recognised and identified by the witness. They were subsequently admitted in evidence without objection.
Mr. Joof is facing eight charges ranging from abuse of office, official corruption, obtaining goods by false pretence, stealing and conspiracy.
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