Assistant to the President Bashiru Daramy on Friday 25th February 2022 came to Court to testify how he was maliciously wounded and assaulted by one Amara Kudi Turay a tricycle rider.

In his testimony before Magistrate Peter Gogra of Court No 6, he started by saying he is an Office Assistant to the President Julius Maada Bio at State House and resides at Cotton Tree Regent Road Lumley, Freetown, and knows the accused Amara Kudi Turay as they live in the same area.

He said he recalled on Wednesday 2nd February 2022, he came to collect something at home and decided to go to a bar where he bought a bottle of coke and sat down as Africa Cup of Nations game was on. As he was watching the game, he met the accused at the said bar watching game and he just saw the accused confronted him with insulting words by saying he is a bastard child without doing him nothing. He furthered that he did not say anything to him and the accused slapped him on his right jaw and got angry and hold him to fight.

As he tries to go home the accused picked up a fence stick and hit him on his left foot which he falls down and also took stone and hit him on his head and blood started oozing.

And at that point he said he felt dizzy and later he went to the Police and made a statement. After the testimony the accused cross examined the witness as he was not represented by a legal counsel. It could be recalled that the accused is charged with three counts ranging wounding with intent, wounding and assault all contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone

According to the charge sheet on count 1, the accused Amara Kudi Turay on Wednesday 2nd February 2022, at Kofi Garage, Regent Road, Lumley, Freetown, wounded Bashiru Daramy with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Count 2 state that, the accused on the same date and place maliciously wounded Bashiru Daramy and count on the same date and place assaulted Bashiru Daramy in a manner thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm.

However, Magistrate Gogra granted the accused person bail in the sum of twenty million Leones with two sureties in like sum sureties to be resident within his jurisdiction they should produce valid identity card depicting his/her addresses in Freetown bail to be approved by the Deputy Acting Registrar.

A-Z Newspaper reports that, the matter was adjourned to the 14th March 2022, Inspector Mabel .M Tarawally is Prosecuting the matter.