PW 3 MAGET FAAL.
She is the mother of PW1 who testified that she lives in Bakau and
is a business woman. That she knows the accused and is her
neighbour. That on 4th of August 2002, between 5:00 and 6:00 pm,
her daughter complained of pains in her private part and so she
asked her to go and wash herself properly since she does not do so
when she urinates. She did so. A couple of days after, the daughter
complained of the same. She asked her guest to check for her and
on checking, the guest said that somebody had sex with her. On
being asked, the daughter did not say anything but was crying. PW
3 further testified that when her sister closed from work, she
informed her. The sister took PW 1 to her house and questioned
her. PW 3 said that the accused was arrested because he had sex
with her daughter. That the daughter was born on March 1, 1992
and that she applied for the daughter’s birth certificate in April
1994. The birth certificate was admitted in evidence without
objection and marked Exhibit 2.
In cross examination she stated that PW 1 was crying all the time.
She admitted that when PW1 was first asked who had defiled her
she mentioned the name of Samba Jallow but subsequently said it
was the accused. There was no material difference between her
evidence-in-chief and the cross-examination.
PW 4 1033 YUSUPHA BOJANG.
He testified that he is a police officer and at the time of his
testimony, he was attached at the Farrafeni Police Station but at the
time of the incident, he was attached at the Bakau Police Station.
That on the 8th of August, 2002 whilst he was in the charge office
at the Bakau Police Station, he recalled that PW 6 Adama Faal
who is the aunt of PW 1 arrived in the charge office at 11:00 am
and reported that she saw the accused in their compound.
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