Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Prosecutors cut one of six charges against editor Jobe

 


Daily Observer Editor Alagie Jobe has been in State custody since his arrest in February 2013
Daily Observer Editor Alagie Jobe has been in State custody since his arrest in February 2013
Daily Observer editor Alagie Jobe is no longer answerable to the charge of “making document without authority” after police prosecutors decided to expunge it from the charge sheet on Tuesday.

On April 2, 2013, Kanifing Court Magistrate Hilary Abeke, presiding, upheld his March 26 ruling on denial of bail.

Jobe’s lawyer Ebrima Jah had requested for the court to discharge the accused prior to the adoption of the amended charge sheet, but Magistrate Abeke ruled that the earlier decision on decline of bail still stands.


Mr Jobe is now facing five charges of “making an act of seditious intent”, “seditious publication”, “possession of seditious publication”, “giving false information to a public officer”, and “forgery”.

Jobe’s co-accused Mr Bittaye, whose lawyer Seega Gaye was absent, still faces a charge of “unlawful inquiries relating to possibility of forgery”.

Both denied the charges brought against them by the police in Banjul, The Gambian capital, on March 12.

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