Boss La Refused Bail Again

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Lead Defense Counsel Madieu Sesay Esq. representing Alhaji Amadu Bah Aka LAJ Yesterday Tuesday 9th August,2022 intimated the Bench that he would file no case submission of the alleged robbery case against his client.

Lawyer Sesay made the submission after the prosection left its final witness to close the case .


The Accused LAJ was under Preliminary investigation for the offences of robbery with Violence and assualt contrary to law.


According to the particulars of the offence on , Sunday 12th June 2022 at Leonco Filling station Congo Cross in Freetown, the accused violently robbed the total sum of NLe4,200(Four Thousand Two hundred New Leones) and assaulted Musa Mansaray, a pump attendant in a manner thereby occassioning actual bodily harm.

Led in defence by the state Counsel Yusif I.Sesay Fifth Prosection Witness (PW5) Detective Constable Alimamy Morlai Turay, who was marked b as the final witness, said he was attached to the Congo Cross Police Division as an Exhibit Clark when the matter was reported.


He recalled that on Sunday 12th June 2022, one black colour Tecno Mobile phone, black and green colour condom and the sum of Le 490, 000( Four hundred and Ninety Thousand old Leones) was handed over to him as exhibit s for safekeeping.


The PW5 further that he registered the said exhibit in their court Exhibit Book against the serial No.52/2022 adding that the said exhibit had been in their custody he produced and tendered in court.


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