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49yrs old Clifford Amiru Dumbu and 38yrs Christina Gladys Roberts were yesterday again refused bail and sent to prison by Magistrate Sahr Kekura of court No. 1 over the alleged wounding of husband Roland Lansana Robert.
The accused persons were arraigned on six counts charges ranging from Causing grievous bodily harm contrary to section 18 of the offences against the person act 186, wounding with intent assault occasioning actual bodily harm all contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.
The particulars of accused offence person Cliford Amiru Dumbu indicated that he knows the complainant Roland Lansana Robert who he said is his neighbor.
He recalled that on the 1st of January 2022, he was at Majay Town when the complainant Robert, asked that he meet him at Lumley at around 1 o’clock. Mballu said the complainant later asked that they meet at a place called “Gigibunta”.
“The complainant requested that we follow one jeep with my motor bike until we reached Kallon Drive, and we later moved to Aberdeen around Bintumani Hotel and branched at another junction where a man came out a compound and he and the complainant Robert discussed and we left,” he disclosed.
The witness added that Robert (second accused) came down of the vehicle and was shouting, “Lans lef Lans lef!” I put on the motor bike light and got to understand that he was chasing his wife,” he revealed.
He furthered that the 1st accused persons entered the vehicle, drove and hit a vehicle that was parked at a wall. “The 1st accused took an iron and hit the complainant, Lansana on his hand and head and the complainant fell down” he said.
The witness added that the 1st accused threatened to kill the complainant who happens to be his husband of the second accused. “The complainant fell on the ground, me and Alhaji, the driver, helped life the man from the ground.
“At that point, his wife, who happens to be the second accused, picked up a stone and stoned the complainant, her husband,” he told the Court.
Testifying further, the witness said the complainant became unconscious and was rushed to the emergency hospital. The witness said he made statement to the police. During cross-examination, by lawyer Elvis Kargbo, the witness said he doesn’t know the full name of the complainant, noting that the said complainant is the husband of the second accused.
The witness also confirmed that he and the complainant sat on the motor bike form Lumley, adding that the alleged incident took place at Aberdeen. He added that it was the complainant who requested that they go to Aberdeen.
When the defense counsel asked that the complainant was his brother, he denied. He also denied when lawyer Kargbo asked that the motor bike in question was bought by the complainant, Lansana.
He also confirmed during cross-examination that the complainant, Lansana did not go with a vehicle. Lawyer Kargbo also alleged that one Alhaji he identified as a driver was with a motor bike, but the witness denied.
When lawyer Kargbo asked the witness if he advised the complainant when he went and opened the door to a vehicle where his wife was sitting, State Counsel objected on the grounds that the witness is not an adviser.
Two bikes with four people, adding that the witness and three others came in front of the vehicle and hit the vehicle of the 1st accused, but the witness denied. Lawyer Kargbo put it to the witness that the second accused was not at the alleged crime scene, but the witness denied.
Public Review Newspaper reports that, Lawyer Kargbo requested for bail his clients. He urged the Magistrate to presume the accused persons innocent until proven guilty. He said the accused persons have reliable sureties to enter into the accused’s recognizance. However, Magistrate Sahr Kekura remanded the accused persons in prison and adjourned the matter to 21st February 2022.
