Monrovia – Criminal Court “A” at the Temple of Justice, has resumed the trial of Hawa Bangura, who is charged for allegedly attempting to sell another woman and daughter in the Banjor Community on the outskirts of Monrovia. Report by Kennedy L. Yangian [email protected]Defendant Bangura, now charged with trafficking, is identified as a Sierra Leonean. The court indictment had indicated that both the defendant and would be victims, were residing in Sierra Leone when Defendant Bangura persuaded Famata to come to Liberia to buy goods. During the trial of Defendant Bangura on Tuesday, January 7, Chief Prosecutor, Assistant Justice Minister Wesseh Anthony Wesseh put on the witness stand five of the prosecution’s nine witnesses, including Lahai Kamara. Kamara is said to have reported the sale of the woman and her daughter to the Banjor Community Chairman and subsequently to the police leading to the arrest of Defendant Bangura.

Source: Front Page Africa January 09, 2019 02:24 UTC