8 ALLOCUTUS: This Court has now found you ASSAN JARRA guilty of the offence of Abduction under Section 124 of the Criminal Code. Before sentence is passed on you, the Court would like to know if you or Counsel on your behalf will like to say anything in mitigation. Mrs. GBUJI: The convict is a first offender. He is an adult and the sole bread winner of his family. I refer the Court to Section 29 of the Criminal Code which gives the Court the unfettered discretion to even impose a fine on the convict. SENTENCE Having listened to the plea for mercy and having considered the fact that the convict is a first time offender, I am tempted to temper justice with mercy in passing sentence. In view of the above, EMMANUEL A. NKEA JUDGE THE CONVICT IS HEREBY SENTENCED AS FOLLOWS: 1. Convict to serve a mandatory jail term of 4 years with hard labor. 2. Sentence to run from the 2nd day of June 2010 being the day the convict was first taken into custody. 3. There shall be no further Order. ISSUED AT BANJUL, UNDER THE SEAL OF THE COURT AND THE HAND OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE THIS 17th DAY OF OCTOBER 2011 ............................ REGISTRAR