GAMBIA. YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

October 2, 2007: Principal Magistrate Moses Richards of the Kanifing Magistrates Court in Gambia convicted and sentenced Sulayman Bah, a young Guinean national, to death for murder. According to the court, Sulayman Bah and Mamudou Jallow were involved in a brawl at Dippa Kunda on the 1st of September, 2007, caused by a dispute over D10.
According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Touray, Sulayman Bah angrily took an iron bar and hit Mamdou Jallow on the head, shattering his skull. He was rushed to Serrekunda Clinic and later transferred to Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH) where he was pronounced dead. Magistrate Richards convicted Bah under section 187 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to death under section 188. (Sources: AllAfrica.com, 04/10/2007)