The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) witness John Charles B. Mendy who was arrested on Monday by the police along the Gambia-Senegal Border town of Giboroh on suspicion of trying to abscond from the country and has been released on bail within 24 hours after being charged with murder.
His arrest was ordered by the Ministry of Justice which accused him of being outrageously dishonest in his testimony at the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission about his role in several incidents of violence.
“Mr. Mendy’s outrageous dishonesty, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, betrayed a lack of empathy towards the families of the victims and the unwillingness to cooperate as well as assisting in the reconciliation process in the country,” the ministry said in a statement released.
Mendy who appeared before the TRRC in March and confessed of taking part in the shooting of soldiers accused of coup plot on the 11th of November 1994; denied his knowledge of or been taking part in the killings.
He left the Police Headquarters in Banjul on Friday morning after being granted bail.