Gambia: Judgement in Infanticide Trial

Banjul — Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates Court has convicted and sentenced one Binta Jatta, to a two-year jail term with hard labour without any option of a fine.

Ms Jatta is guilty of dumping her newborn baby girl into a toilet pit on May 17 at Fajikunda, Kanifing Municipality.

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