Aji,
It will be good to know what really happen. To clear the air out caused i am
amuzed by it. As you can see the issue is raising the importance of
outlawing drink driving and making sure that the drivers are not drunk while
driving.
The Struggle continues!!!
Ndey jobarteh
-----Original Message-----
From: Aji Joof <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 26 September 1999 02:32
Subject: Re: Question????
>Well, we are also recovering from the effect of such a case. However, not
>wanting to jump into any conclusiion, we do not know for a fact whether the
>accused was actually still intoxicated or just exhausted. Magistrate Roche
>is a qualifed lawyer and a prinicipal magistrate for that matter. She knows
>that you cannot try a man or anybody for that who is still under the
>influence of a liquor or substance.
>
>Then again, we must be careful not to jump the gun. We do not know the
state
>of the accused. I personally was not in court at the time and ofcourse
>remember the saying you can't always believe everything you read on the
>newspapers! Until and unless we know exactly how the case was conducted, we
>should all give
>Magistrate Roche the benefit of a doubt. If it is an judgemental error it
>sure will be rectified.
>
>aji
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ndey Jobarteh <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 04:04
>Subject: Re: Question????
>
>
>I will like our lawyers to help out on this too. THis is the craziest I
have
>ever heard of.
>
>
>The Struggle Continues!!
>Ndey Jobarteh
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bamba Laye <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 25 September 1999 04:07
>Subject: Question????
>
>
>Help me on this one folks. does Gambia law allow trial of a person while
>they are intoxicated?
>
>
>Abdoulie Jallow
>
>Fastest legal case in The Gambia?
>
>
> In an unprecedented case, one Abdoulie Jallow, 30, a Guinean
>born taxi driver was on Wednesday arrested, charged, convicted and
sentenced
>to eight years in jail or to pay a fine of D22,500 for drinking and
driving,
>within two hours of committing the offence.
>
> The particulars of offence states that "Mr Jallow, on Wednesday
>September 22, at around 8-9 am drove a mercedes benz registered number KM
>2406 in a manner dangerous to the public; that on the same day, he failed
to
>stop his vehicle when required by a police officer in uniform contrary to
>the Motor Vehicle Traffic Act."
>
> When the charges were read to him in court, he pleaded guilty
to
>both counts. On count one, Jallow was sentenced to a five year prison term
>or a fine of D20,000, and on count two, he got three years or a D2,500
>fine.The prison terms are to run concurrently.
>
> In his plea for mercy, Mr Jallow who was still drunk, lamented:
>"I am a stranger in The Gambia. I do not know the Gambian laws. Please
>forgive me."Our reporter sighted Jallow snoring heavily at the mobile
>traffic unit offices after the sentence was passed.
>
> The case was presided over by Magistrate HC Roche of the
>Kanifing Court. The prosecution officer was First Class Corporal Baldeh..
>
>
>
>Source: Weekend Observer 09/24/99
>
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