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The Legal Aid Board has advocated the released of over one hundred and sixty indigents from September 2015 to date. Yesterday, nine youths, including one physically challenged, who were held for different crimes, ranging from robbery with aggravation to sexual penetration, were released at various High Courts in Freetown. Ibrahim Bangura Today, two indigents were discharged at the High Court by Justice Konoyima. Ibrahim Bangura was charged burglary and larceny. He spent three years and four months on remand. presently sick and needs medical attention. Ibrahim Conteh Ibrahim Conteh was charged with wounding with intent, after being hit by a car and became unconscious, where other people who were present at the scene interrogated the driver and injured him. The driver rushed to the police station and reported, and this young man was arrested partially conscious of what was going on.  And he also spent three years and fou...

Nine youths, including one physically challenged, who were held for different crimes, ranging from robbery with aggravation to sexual penetration, were released at various High Courts in Freetown.  Three were released by Justice Fofanah, three by Justice Alusine Sesay, two by Justice Musu Kamara and one by Justice Alhaji  Stevens at the Ross Road High Court. They were released as a result of applications for discharge for want of prosecution, made by Legal Aid Board Lawyers . By Derek Nat-George Head of Media and Public Relations Legal Aid Board Sierra Leone

The Executive Director, Legal Aid Board Sierra Leone, Mrs. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles, has held a very meaningful meeting with the Council of Tribal Heads in Sierra Leone. She noted that justice was not prevalent at the lower class in Sierra Leone and pointed out that most of the witnesses do not appear in the courts when cases are called. That, she said, has kept a lot of innocent people in jails without trial, thereby destroying their lives. The meeting witnessed the processing of seven youths released from different courts in Freetown. Six youths who were held for different crimes, ranging from wounding to larceny, were released at the High Court by Justice Sam Margai. Five were released on an application for a discharge for want of prosecution by Legal Aid Lawyers, Cecelia Tucker and Contract Lawyer who applied for the sixth one. A seventh was released by Justice Samba on an application for a discharge for want of prosecution made by Legal Aid Lawyer, Cheryl Blake....

The Legal Aid Board and the Attorney General has met with Civil Society organizations in Freetown. It was agreed that all Legal Aid Agencies should work hand in hand with the Board and the Office of the Attorney General to be able to create maximum impact. Effective monitoring of released prisoners, rampant police violation of people’s rights, and information shearing about the work of the Board, were of serious concern. The Attorney General called for total cooperation in the search for the symptoms of the problems in the judicial system, to be able to be able to inject the correct antidote to effectively clean up the judicial system.

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  The Legal Aid Board in concert with the Attorney General The Legal Aid Board in concert with the Attorney General has met with Civil Society organizations in Freetown. It was agreed that all Legal Aid Agencies should work hand in hand with the Board and the Office of the Attorney General to be able to create maximum impact in the judicial system. The Executive Director Mrs Claire Carlton-Hanciles said that the mandate of the Legal Aid Board is to bring Justice to the people at community level. She gave an insight to the formation of Citizens Advisory Bureaus in all wards in the country, to be championed by the Ward Councillor, and said that the Bureaus will be dealing with trivial matters in their communities to avoid overwhelming the police and the courts with such matters that could be dealt with at community level. The Attorney General called for total cooperation in the search for the symptoms of the problems in the judicial system, to be able to inject the corr...