By Tilly Barrie
Man docked for "violating" juvenile
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A 23-year-old man has been committed to the High Court for trial on two counts of sexual penetration and for sexually abusing an under-aged girl.
The accused, a security guard at the orphanage where the victim stayed, made his eighth appearance in court yesterday for having sex with the 16-year-old at Wellington between November 1, 2012 and April 13, 2013, leaving the victim pregnant.
‘Killer police’ goes to High Court
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
Magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No. 2 in Freetown has committed to the High Court the matter involving former OSD officer, Christopher Sheriff Kamara, who is alleged to have killed his colleague, Alie Fayandi Koroma.
The 23-year-old accused, who said that he served the police force for four years, allegedly shot and killed the deceased at Cape Road Aberdeen in June this year. He has been under preliminary investigations at the magistrates’ court.
Renewed cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone
By Joseph Sevalie in Mattru Jong
A cholera outbreak in Dema chiefdom in the southern Bonthe District of Sierra Leone killed two male adults last week. Eight others, including women and children, are said to be in “a critical condition”. This is according to the Disease Surveillance Officer of the Bonthe District Health Management team, Sahr Jimmy.
