Supreme Court judge, Justice Nicolas Browne Marke has issued a bench warrant for APC Sheriff and eight other inmates for failing to appear before the court during the November Criminal session.
During the call over ceremony, the learned judge stated that he was at the Freetown Correctional Centre to verify how many inmates had returned to the facility adding that, upon his visit he noticed that a good number of the inmates had returned to the Correctional Centre. He disclosed that there are thirty-one (31) cases set for hearing at the High Court.
The cases include Ibrahim Bangura for the offense of house breaking and Larceny, Foday Sesay Larceny, Abass Koroma also house breaking and Larceny, Ibrahim Sesay wounding with Intent, Mose Ezikiel Sylvanue Raay Fraudulent Conversion, Lansana Turay Wounding with Intent APC Sheriff and eight others are arraigned before the court for the offense of operating a private Security Service without License Murder, child stealing among others.
When the matters were mentioned all the accused were absent before the court. The state prosecutor A.J.M Bockarie made an application for a bench warrant to be executed against all the accused. The accused were represented by lawyer Cecilia Tucker from the Sierra Leone Legal Aid Board. The matters were all adjourned to the 6th December 2023 for hearing.
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