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Six officers of the Brikama fire and ambulance services who were remanded in custody this month in connection with the alleged killing of Ebrima Barry have been release on bail. The six officers, Momodou Colley, Amadou Badjie, Ousman Myolleh,
Kebba Conteh, Alhajie E. Secka and Samba Sawo were on April 6, 2000
released on bail in the sum of fifty thousand Dalasis with two Gambian
sureties and a landed property each. This was about four days before the
April 10 student demonstrations that left at least a dozen people dead and
much public and private property destroyed.
The six officers were charged with murder following the
death of Ebrima Barry, a student of Foster's secondary school, Brikama.
Ebrima was allegedly beaten to death by officers of the Brikama Fire
Service.
The officers charged were first arraigned before the
Banjul magistrate's court on March 30. They had since pleaded not guilty
to the charge but were ordered to be remanded until such a time that they
were granted bail by the high court.
During the first week of this month, lawyer Momodou Lamin
Jobarteh on behalf of the six officers, filed a bail application at the
high court. In his ruling on the bail application, Justice Wallace Grant,
after considering the court proceeding, decided to grant them bail noting
that murder was a bailable offence. The officers were released after
fulfilling the bail requirements.
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