By: Audrey Raymonda John
A technician, Samba Koroma, popularly known as “Maffie,” has been committed to the High Court for trial on a charge of murder by Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah at Pademba Road Court No. 1, Freetown.
The accused is charged with murder, contrary to Section 1 of the Offences Against the Person Act, 1861, as repealed and replaced by Section 1(a) of the Schedule to the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act, 2021 (Act No. 6 of 2022).
According to the charge sheet, the offence is alleged to have occurred on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, at Kargbo Drive, Tree Planting, Freetown, in the Mountain Rural District of the Western Area of the Republic of Sierra Leone, where the defendant allegedly murdered Mohamed Lamin Fofanah.
In delivering his ruling, Magistrate Jah stated that after carefully assessing the evidence and listening to the submissions of the prosecution, he was satisfied that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the defendant.
He therefore committed the matter to the High Court for trial.