Gambia: Court Martial - 'Second Accused Person Was Tortured' - Lawyer Jobe

Sherrif Kumba Jobe, the lawyer for 12 soldiers facing trial on nine counts involving treason, yesterday told the Court-Martial that the second accused person, Lieutenant Abdoulie Jarju was tortured in the cause of obtaining cautionary statements from him.

Lawyer Jobe said the second accused person was compelled and threatened before his cautionary statements were obtained from him. Lawyer Jobe told him that the second accused person's face was covered and he was taken into a room where he was seriously tortured.

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