Folks something is not adding up or rather something is really smelly. Who
is the administrative judge?,what are the compelling reasons for the
change? In reading the request, I noticed no reasons given for the change
being advocated by Agim.Did the government promise justice Itam the
position of chief justice so he can do their bidding. I smell a
"railroading" of Dumo Sarho and his co-defendants.There has to be a
compelling reason to ask any judge to remove himself from a case; this is
absent here. If the government is finding it hard to make it's charges
stick,save the tax payers money and release these people. Their case in
chief is weak.
Daddy Sang
> [Original Message]
> From: Annika Renberg <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 3/12/2002 10:34:16 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Independent on the Dumo trial
>
> Dumo Treason Trial Suffers Major Setback
>
> The Independent (Banjul)
>
> March 11, 2002=20
> Posted to the web March 11, 2002=20
>
> Pa Ousman And Omar Bah
> Banjul=20
>
> The treason trial involving Momodou Ousman Dumo Sarho, Lalo Jaiteh, Lt. =
> Omar Darboe and three others suffered another major setback when the =
> Director of Public Prosecution Akomaye Agim wrote to the High Court =
> judge, Justice Wallace Grante requesting for a shifting of the case to =
> another judge in the High Court.
>
> DPP Agim in his request noted that the state would like the matter to be =
> shifted to the acting Chief Justice Okai Itam.
>
> Reacting to the request the defense counsel Lawyer Ousman Sillah said, =
> the matter has been languishing in the court without proper proceedings =
> taking place for over one year. He added that the accused persons and =
> their relatives should know their fate by now.
>
> Lawyer Sillah added that it is improper for a lawyer to choose his own =
> judge to preside over his or her case. He cited an example of a lawyer =
> objecting to the presence of a judge in the Court of Appeal and was told =
> that if he made that remarks he would be sent to Mile II Central =
> Prisons. He stressed that DPP Agim should make a request for the case to =
> be shifted to another judge.
>
> DPP Agim however, argued that lawyers are at liberty to make request for =
> a transfer of a case to another judge. He said, it is a correct =
> procedure with respect the integrity of Justice Grante to consider the =
> request made by him.
>
> In response to the DPP's request another defense counsel, Lawyer =
> Ousainou Darboe said, he was disappointed by Agim's request. He =
> cautioned that one can ask for a case to be shifted to another judge on =
> facts that there is a bias in the law of justice, which he said has not =
> been the case in the matter.
>
> Lawyer Darboe noted that the request made by state counsel Agim was a =
> direct attack on Justice Grante. He stressed that the acting Chief =
> Justice should not entertain the case, recommending that he "should not =
> even put an eye on it". He added that if a lawyer wants to make any =
> objection on the proceedings of the case he has to file affidavits.
>
> "If there is any bias or improper sittings at the proceedings of a case, =
> then there can be changes of judges, which has not been the case this =
> time," he posited.
>
> The High Court judge Justice Grante informed the court that he has no =
> objection to shift the case to another Judge for a fair hearing.
>
> Dumo Sarho and co-accused were charged with treason two years ago and =
> their case, which began last year has been pending in court.
>
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