By Francis H. Murray
Justice Monfred Sesay of the High Court in Freetown has on Tuesday 7 July 2020 sentenced 34-yeaer old Mohammed Bangura to 15yrs imprisonment for sexually penetrating an 8 years old girl. The judge described the evidence adduced in court against Bangura as “overwhelming.”
Mahmoud Karimu, the defense lawyer from the Legal Aid Board entered a plea of mitigation on behalf of the accused and told the court that his client was a first time offender and a family man with children to fend for. He called on Justice Sesay to temper justice with mercy on the accused who has been in detention since March 2017 State Prosecutor Joseph Sesay did not object to the plea of mitigation by the defense.
The state called six witnesses including Dr. Matilda King of the Rainbow center.
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