By Feima Sesay
Magistrate Sahr Kekura has ordered for Ishmeal Conteh, an Arts and Graphic Designer who his accused of murder, to be remanded in prison for allegedly killing Ishmeal Marobia. The hearing took place on Monday, February 5, 2024, after the accused, Ishmeal Conteh had been arraigned before the court on the charge of murder contrary to section 1 of the Offenses Against the Persons Act 1861 as repealed and replace by section 1(a) of the schedule of the Aolition of the Death Penalty Act 2022, Act No 6. of 2022.
According to the indictments, the accused on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at Upper George Brook Dwarzack Freetown murdered Ishmeal Merobia
The first prosecution witness, Deema Kamara is a teacher and businesswoman,
said the deceased was her brother’s child and added that she recognized the accused in the matter.
She narrated that on the 27th of December 2023, she had been at home together with the deceased but later left there to do her business.
” I later returned in the evening hours but did not meet the deceased at home and I waited for a while but could not see him, I then called someone from our church to know whether he was there but to no avail”, the witness explained.
The witness said she then went in search of the deceased at Dwarzack community where she asked some of the community members about the deceased’s whereabout and she was told that he had went by that area.
She said the next day she went back to the community in search of the deceased but said she could not find him, and thereafter she went to the New England Ville police station and reported the matter.
At this juncture, the matter was adjourned to February 13, 2024 for continuation of the witness evidence whiles the accused was remanded in prison.
Police Inspector Sellu TAP is prosecuting the matter in court but no legal representation was made on behalf of the accused.