Gambia: Norwegian Charged With Kidnap, Abduction

State prosecution, led by Emma Mendy, Monday pressed two counts criminal charges of kidnapping and abduction a child, against one Allan Jorung, a Norwegian national, before Principal Magistrate Omar Cham of the Banjul Magistrates' Court.

Mr Jorung is alleged to have brought and unlawfully kept Carito Emilio Jimenez in The Gambia beyond 28th December 2015 out of custody of his mother, Sandra Vamille Jimenez, who has lawful care of him.

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