IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE GAMBIA.
CRIM. CASE NO. 24/2002.
THE STATE
VS.
ABDOULIE BAHOUM.
JUDGEMENT
The Accused by an indictment dated the 23rd day of September,
2002 was charged with the offence of defiling a girl under the age
of 16 now amended to 18 years contrary to Section 127 (1) of The
Criminal Procedure Code, Cap. 10 Vol. 111 of The Laws of The
Gambia, 1990.
Section 127 (1) provides:“Any person who unlawfully and carnally knows any girl
under the age of sixteen years is guilty of a felony, and is
liable to imprisonment for a term of fourteen years.”
The particulars of the offence were that the accused, a male adult
on or about the 3rd day of August, 2002 at Bakau Sanchaba in the
Kombo Saint Mary Division of The Republic of The Gambia,
unlawfully and carnally knew one Ya Nyima Jeng of Bakau
Sanchaba aged 10 years old.
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