By Adama Makasuba
Brikama Magistrate’s Court has sent Muhammed Bah and Ebrima Kebbeh to jail after they were found guilty of two counts of stealing and burglary at the Banjul International Airport and its surrounding communities.
The fresh jailed duos sentence comes a week after they were arrested by the crime unit of the police (anti-crime unit). They faced three counts – stealing, burglary, and conspiracy to commit felony.
According to the charge sheet ‘on count one, they were sentenced to one-year mandatory jail term without any option of a fine. On Count two, they were sentenced to a fine of D10,000 in default to serve two years imprisonment.”
But court said the duos “hearing continues on count three and other fresh matters against them including the case investigated by the Airport CID and reported earlier on. The duo is notorious for breaking and stealing in Babylon, Lamin, Yundum and surroundings.”