October 21, 2021
By: PROBLYN J. ALPHA
The high Court Judge presiding over High Court matters in Koindu Town, Kailahun District has suspended the special High Court session indefinitely due to insecurity.
Justice Francis Banks Kamara suspended the Special High Court session when the officer commanding Family support Unit (FSU) line Manager and the Crime Officer were remanded after a warrant of arrest was issued for them failing to show up in court for a sexual penetration matter, nothing that, after signing the warrant of arrest, the three officers later showed up in Court but were subsequently arrested and detained at the Kailahun male correctional centre and are still in remand despite several efforts by the Local Unit Commander (LUC) of Kailahun Police Divisional Head Quarters Superintendent Sao Vandy to get them released proved futile.
Meanwhile, Justice Francis Banks Kamara however claimed that the Local Unit Commander of Kailahun Police Division Superintendent Sao Vandy on Thursday 14th October, 2021, led a team of Police Officers who stormed the court yard threatening to kill him.
When asked to know his take on the said allegation, the Local Unit Commander of Kailahun District Police Division Superintendent Sao Vandy foremost denied knowledge of such allegations.
However, A-Z correspondent has confirmed that Justice Francis Banks Kamara was later accompanied by both Military and Correctional centre officers to Kenema City and it is not yet clear when the special high Court session will resume as it was meant to speedily dispense Justice for inmates and persons in conflict with the law.
