What a tragic story! Keba Stabbing wife..oh!! Alieu -----Original Message----- From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gambia Talk Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:25 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Drummer caught with knife and wife A sad story indeed. -BambaLaye ============================================================================ October 4, 2005 City folkie's trial begins Drummer caught with knife and wife: Cop By DEREK PUDDICOMBE, Ottawa Sun The trial of a local African drum musician charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault got underway yesterday afternoon. An Ottawa police officer was the first to testify and told the court she was the first to respond to a 911 call at 125 Woodridge Cres. on Nov. 30, 2003. CALL FROM CHILD "We received a 911 call from a young child," said Const. Shelley Pender. "He had witnessed his father stabbing his mother." Pender said when she arrived at the home, just behind the Bayshore Shopping Centre at about 5:30 p.m., she ran up the stairs of the apartment building and saw Kebba Jobateh at the top of a landing kneeling over his wife with a knife. "I thought it was a pile of clothing," Pender told the court because she didn't see any movement. "It turned out to be the victim." With her firearm drawn, Pender said she ordered Jobateh to stand up and drop and knife he was holding in his left hand. "He reacted immediately and dropped the knife," said Pender. FESTIVAL REGULAR Before being charged with allegedly stabbing his wife repeatedly in the abdomen and neck, Jobateh was a fixture on the Ottawa folk music scene, leading drumming circles and performing annually at the Ottawa Folk Festival. Coming to Canada from his native Gambia in 1982, Jobateh worked as a briefing officer at CIDA and a university lecturer. The trial continues today. [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい ActionAid International works with poor and excluded people to eradicate poverty. For more information, please visit our website www.actionaid.org **DISCLAIMER** This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the postmaster at [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい