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is responsible for inflicting such injuries. Thus not only were such issues as
the evidence of vital witnesses absent from the record, but the important
ingredient of corroboration could not be decipher as the prosecutrix whose
evidence would have been corroborated never testified. In view of the
above, I need not say that the case as presented by the prosecution is
porous, but I must add that there is no evidence at all on record upon
which this Court could infer the commission of the offence under charged
and or link the accused person to the said alleged offence.
It is for the reasons stated here above, that I will hold that the prosecution
has woefully failed to prove their case with the degree of certainty required
by law. It is trite law that where the prosecution fails to prove its case
beyond reasonable doubts the Court must proceed with the discharge and
acquittal of the accused person. The accused person SARJO KANTEH is
accordingly hereby discharged and acquitted.
EMMANUEL A. NKEA
JUDGE
ISSUED AT BANJUL, UNDER THE SEAL OF THE COURT AND THE
HAND OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE THIS 12th DAY OF DECEMBER
2011
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REGISTRAR