Legal Aid Board Sierra Leone Thirteen of the twenty indigents from Tombo Village, who were charged with Conspiracy, Housebreaking and Larceny in January, have been able to meet their bail conditions. The twenty indigents which included one female, had been granted bail in February, but the conditions were such that they were not able to meet them. As all cards turned in their favor this morning, Magistrate Binneh Kamara was kind enough to modify the bail conditions, which only thirteen of them were able to meet. Their relatives were jubilant when they saw the young adults of Tombo, at liberty once more. Legal Aid Board lawyers are representing them. By: Derek Nat-George Head of Media and Public Relations
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Legal Aid wins its First Acquittal from the Appeal Court of Sierra Leone A seventeen-year old boy Lamin Bockarie from Kenema has had his 15-year sentence for sexual penetration quashed after the Legal Aid Board appealed against his conviction. Lawyer Ivan Sesay of the Legal Aid Board made the case for appeal on Monday, July 4. He told the court that the maximum sentence of 15 years slammed on the boy is excessive and incompatible with the Children’s and Young Persons Act which provides a much lower sentence for juvenile offenders. He further noted that the High Court should have considered the fact that the boy is a first-time offender in handing down its sentence. He also told the court that the conviction is unjust, unrealistic and a nullity in law. He said the High Court did not consider the fact that the Magistrate Court was not properly constituted to preside over the matter. ‘The case should have been presided over by one Magistrate and two Justice...
Court Activities– 4 th to 9 th July, 2016. Day Adult Juvenile Court Of Jurisdiction Total Male Female Male Female High Court Magistrate Court Juvenile Court Files Clients File(S) Client(S) File(S) Client(S) File(S) Client(S) Mon 4/7/2016 17 Nil Nil Nil 10 14 2 3 Nil NIL 12 17 Tue 5/7/2016 54 2 1 Nil 40 52 4 4 1 1 45 57 Wed 6/7/2016 18 Nil 2 Nil 6 7 6 11 2 2 14 20 ...