The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has successfully secured the discharge of 19 accused individuals from High Court proceedings in Freetown, overseen by Acting Chief Justice Nicholas Browne-Marke. The discharges...
In the ongoing murder trial of Abdul Kpaka, Princess Wilson, Manager of Virtues Funeral Home, took the stand as the fourth prosecution witness, describing the accused's deep distress over the body of his...
Since President Dr Julius Maada Bio came to power in April 2018, significant reforms have taken place in the Judiciary. Magistrates and Judges no longer wait for orders from above to determine matters...
Alie Jaffal, accused of unlawful possession of firearms, made another court appearance yesterday before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at the Pademba Road Court No. 2. Jaffal faces six charges, including...
Justice Costmotine Jarrett of the High Court of Sierra Leone has sentenced 14-year-old Abdulai Sankoh (a pseudonym) to 10 years in prison for manslaughter The case initially began as a murder charge related...
In another turn of events, the state prosecutor in the murder case of Late Sia Fatu Kamara demands that the case be taken to the High Court of Sierra Leone describing it as a different line of action. Addressing...
On the 28th August 2024, the Judiciary of Sierra Leone through its Acting Chief Justice, His Lordship Hon. Justice Nicholas C. Browne-Marke has officially opened two new Magistrate and High Court infrastructures...
The CEO of Canaanland Microfinance Company, Thomas Musa Turay, has been committed to the High Court for allegedly obtaining over eighty-one million old Leones from members of the public under false pretenses. Turay...
Four accused persons including Sheku Kabba, Tamba Lebbie, Sahr Lebbie, and Jehad Basma have for the second time appeared before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No: 2 in a case of a missing...
In the treason trial of the November incident that claimed the lives of several soldiers in Freetown, State Lawyers respond to the ‘no case’ submission for Kiota and 11 others by six defence lawyers. Justice...
