By: Audrey Raymonda John
30 yrs-old Mohamed Lamin Turay was on Monday 17th July sent on remand by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba road court No.3 for allegedly killing his brother Ibrahim Turay.
The accused made another appearance in court and was charged with one count of Murder contrary to law.
According to the particulars of the offence, the accused on Tuesday 16th May 2023, at Pyke Street Off Main Road, Congo Town Freetown murdered Ibrahim Turay.
The prosecution witness No 1 Detective Police Inspector Kai Sungu Brewa led in evidence by deputy superintendent of police Sorie Conteh said he is attached to the criminal investigation department Congo cross Freetown.
He said he recognize the complainant and that of the accused and further recalled 16th May 2023, when the complaint one Alie Turay and Moses Thomas arrested and brought in the accused person at the Congo Cross police station and reported the case of murder against the accused.
Inspector Brewa said the matter was allocated to him for further investigation.
He added that upon receipt of the matter he obtained a statement from the complainant and witnesses separately, adding that on the same date, he and a team of police officers visited the crime scene at the main motor road, Congo town in Freetown.
He said at the crime scene they discovered the deceased lying on the ground in a pool of blood with his mouth widely open, and a silver colour knife having blood stains.
The remain of the deceased he said was later taken to the Connaught mortuary for postmortem examination.
The knife he said was returned to the station and handed over to the exhibit clerk as an exhibit.
On the 18th May 2023, the witness said he wrote a request for a post-mortem examination to be conducted on the remains of the deceased, and that on the 19th May 2023, he witnessed the said post-mortem examination on the remains of the deceased, adding that after the examination photocopy of the death certificate was handed over to him by the pathologist Dr Semion Owizz Koroma.
The said report was produced and tendered in court.
He said on 22 May 2023, he obtained a contemporaneous statement from the accused together with DPC 20032 Samia S F.
He added that on 23 June 2023, he charges the accused with the offence of murder.
The accused who was unrepresented in court whiles cross-examining the witness said he told him during the investigation that he is a sickly person and usually behaves abnormally and that on the day of the incident, he was unconscious.
At this stage, the matter was adjourned to the 25th of July 2023, for further hearing whiles the accused was remanded in prison.