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A cookery seller in Freetown has been sentenced to two months in prison after she admitted to insulting a magistrate who came to buy food from her stall.
Magistrate Solomon Christian Kekurah of the York Court handed down the sentence to Fatmata Kamara on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. She faced two charges: public insult and provocation, and insulting conduct towards Magistrate Aaron Bangura.
Politico reports that she received one month on each count, with the sentences to run one after the other.
According to court records, Magistrate Aaron Bangura had gone to buy food from Kamara on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at New Jersey Junction, second welding shop in Goderich. After waiting for some time without being attended to, he urged her to serve him because he was in a hurry.
Instead, the woman spoke to him in a rough manner and used abusive language. When the complainant cautioned her to mind her words, she continued. Other people nearby also warned her to stop, telling her she did not know who she was dealing with, but she ignored them.
The magistrate left without being served, saying he had been ridiculed.
When Magistrate Kekurah asked Fatmata Kamara why she disrespected the complainant, she said she did not know he was a magistrate.
The magistrate then asked her whether she needed to know a person’s position before treating them with respect.
“I have heard you…you are pleading for mercy. However, your conduct was disrespectful, insulting and provocative. These acts were directed to a high-level citizen of this country in the capacity of a magistrate,” Magistrate Kekurah told her before pronouncing the sentence.
