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Gambia: Rapist Testifies in Court

A thirteen-year-old girl name withheld, last Wednesday testified before Magistrate Edrissa Fafa Mbai of Brikama Magistrates' Court for being allegedly raped by a male adult- name withheld.

In her testimony, she said that the accused told her to collect some money from his house at night.

"And I told him that my parents would not allow me to go out at night," she told the court.

The complainant then told the court that the man then advised her to jump through the window, to which she consented.

According to her, when she entered into the man's house, he automatically raped her before she managed to escape.

The complainant was then cross-examined by the accused before the case was adjourned to Tuesday 27 March. When the charge sheet was read to the accused he pleaded not guilt

Corporal 935 stood in for the IGP.