Gambia: In Alleged Prison Break Trial - Bail Application Denied

The Banjul Magistrates' Court presided over by acting Principal Magistrate Baboucarr Secka on Thursday refused the bail application made by Muhammed Singhateh, Musa Jallow, Modou Mbenga and Momodou Musa Jallow, the 7th, 15th, 17th and 19th accused persons in the criminal trial involving the State against Sulayman Jammeh alias Daddy Boston and 18 others.

The presiding Magistrate made this decision in a ruling he delivered in the Thursday sittings on this case at the said court. After the delivery of the ruling, the police prosecutor First Class Faye called his fourth prosecution witness (PW4) who identified himself as Modou Secka, a remand inmate at the Remand Wing at Mile II Prisons.

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