Magistrate Santigie Bangura of the Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 2 in Freetown has remanded 25-year-old Raymond Kamara of No. 1 Conteh Drive, No.2 River Village in Freetown, a student at the Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.

Kamara is standing trial before Magistrate Santigie Bangura on a at the Pademba Road three counts charges of wounding with intent to murder and assault.

According to the charge sheet, the accused Raymond Kamara on Sunday 19th May 2024, at No.1 Conteh Drive No.2 River Village in Freetown wounded Ishmail Conteh with intent to murder and was also accused of maliciously assaulting Ishmael Conteh.

After the charges were read and explain to the accused, he did not take a plea because he was on a preliminary investigation, not a summary trial.

Led in evidence by Sergeant Florence Wilson, the second prosecution witness, Ishmail Conteh a student, narrated that on the day of the incident, he was in his bedroom when he heard the accused threatening to stab someone in the compound.

The witness, Conteh said he came out of his bedroom and instructed the kids to leave the compound due to the threat made by the accused.

“I saw the accused holding a knife, a barbecue fork, and a pair of scissors and seemed determined to cause havoc”, the witness further narrated.

The prosecution witness revealed that a lady named Adama White instructed the accused to kill him the same way they killed his cousin. ‘Shortly afterward, the accused threw a stone at me, chased and stabbed me on my stomach,’ he narrated in grief.

According to Conteh, the accused person, Kamara, attempted to stab him for the second time, saying that nothing was going to come out of it until he was rescued by a neighbor, Mohamed.

Conteh said that he was rushed to the Emergency Hospital where he was placed on oxygen and was later referred to the Connaught Hospital before he finally went through surgery at the Lumley International Hospital.

A medical endorsed form and some pictures showing the depth of his condition at the time of the stabbing were tendered in evidence.

After Conteh’s testimony, Counsel representing the accused person H. Kamara Esq. cross-examined the witness. He also renewed his previous bail applications on behalf of the accused person.

However, Magistrate Bangura denied the bail plea, noting the seriousness of the matter. He remanded the accused and the matter was adjoined to July 3rd 2024 for further hearing.