18-Year-Old Driver Remanded for Alleged Sexual Penetration

High court judge, Komba Kamanda of the Sexual Offences Court has sent 18-year-old driver, Zaccaria Jallohto remand at the Padembal Road Male Correctional Center in Freetown for allegedly penetrating an 11-year-old girl.

The accused is facing trial in court on two counts of charges on the allegation of sexually penetrating the 11 years old girl at Banga Farm in Waterloo between 1st and 31st March 2020 and between 1st and 2nd December 2021.

The accused Zaccaria Jalloh is a commercial (poda poda) driver who plies along the Jui – Lumley Highway.

The accused asked Justice Komba Kamanda a favor to help him have proper health treatment as he is in pain after his fellow inmates beat him up mercilessly a few days ago.

He added that fellow inmates who have beaten him overnight went out to report him to the prison officers the following morning and he was also disciplined by the officers.

Upon hearing this, Justice Kamanda said. all humans everywhere have the privilege to enjoy their human rights even in the prison.

Justice Kamanda also ordered the Director of the Male Correctional Center to make sure that the accused is taken to the hospital for proper treatment and that investigation must be done into the beating incident.

The matter has been adjourned to Thursday 30th March 2023.

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Alie Maningo | 2023-03-29 23:19:03

The law of sexual penetration is equally in position to discipline lawless people.... But sierra Leone is getting out of hands everyday by the weakness of police by not implementing proper investigation in such cases..... Because most parents in this country are now in the habit of pushing their childrens on men to cause sexual penetration for money, and if the accuser fail to pay the money they request for, they will immediately take the case to the police station..... Even if the accuse is off age, they will forcefully decrease the age of the accuse to force the accuser to pay the required money they called for.... The police are indirectly responsible for the continuation of sexual penetration in this country, because of throwing hundred percent attention to the accuse....... They should properly investigate the matter in both sides to get the actual facts...... They should firstly be sensitive if the case has been trying to settle at home, two to three days before taking to the station, If there is such delay, the polices should automatically aware that such penetration case is full of allegations..... So the police Should tension both sides to put full stop.
Abubakarr mustapha Bainda | 2023-03-29 22:09:47

I'm glad for the sexual penetration law been made strong against the offender. Any wickedness done by anyone should be severely punish for the act