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IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE GAMBIA
CRIMINAL CASE No: HC/165/11/CR/052/AO
BETWEEN:
THE STATE
COMPLAINANT
AND
ANDRE VAN ROY
ACCUSED PERSON
MONDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2011
BEFORE HON. JUSTICE EMMANUEL A. NKEA
ACCUSED PERSON PRESENT
Mr. A. MIKAILU (DPP) FOR THE STATE PRESENT
Mr. K. SANYANG THE ACCUSED PRESENT
JUDGMENT
The accused person ANDRE VAN ROY was arraigned on an information
containing six Counts of charges of rape, defilement, seduction, and
indecent acts by tourist. In Count I the prosecution has alleged that
sometimes in 2008, at Tintinto in the West Coast Region of The
Gambia,
the
accused
had
unlawfully
carnal
knowledge
of
one
FATOUMATTA JALLOW a 15 year old girl without her consent contrary
to Section 121 of the Criminal Code. In Count II the accused is alleged
to have between 2010 and 2011 at the same village unlawfully had
carnal knowledge of one NDEY FATOU BOJANG a girl under the age of
18 years contrary to Section 127 (1) of the Criminal Code. In Counts III
and IV the accused is alleged to have between the periods 2008 to
2011 and 2010 to 2011seduced the said FATOUATTA JALLOW and
NDEY FATOU BOJANG respectively contrary to Section 38 of the