By: Dawda M Jallow
Momodou Salieu Jallow, a coffee seller was yesterday remanded at Mile II Central Prison after pleading “guilty” to the charge of defilement of girls between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years.
The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court presided over by Magistrate Binta Sowe ordered the accused person to be remanded at mile II Central Prison until the next adjourned date.
Cadet ASP S Bah and Chief Inspector A Bojang announced their appearance on behalf of the Inspector General Of Police ( IGP) while the accused person was not represented by any legal counsel.
The accused Momodou Salieu was charged with defilement of girls between the ages of sixteen- and eighteen-years under section 5(1) of the sexual offences Act 2013.
According to the particulars of offence, Jallow during the month of August 2026, at Serrekunda in the Kanifing Municipality, intentionally and unlawfully had carnal knowledge with a girl (name withheld) between the ages of sixteen and eighteen without her consent, thereby committed an offence.
When the charge sheet was read and interpreted to him in a local language he understood he pleaded guilty accepting the wrongdoing; adding: “yes i did it but was not force, the girl came to my house, i only slept with her once.”
In narrating the facts of the case, the prosecution informed the court that it all started in the month of July 2026 at Brikama car park, while the victim was selling water at the garage. One day the accused person bought all the water the victim was selling and shared it among his friends. Then, when the victim finished selling the accused Jallow gave her a sim card so that they could communicate.
It was stated that one Sunday in the month of August 2026 at around 17:00hrs the victim left home to visit one of her friends by the name Isatou Sonko at her home in Serrekunda, while on her way going, the accused Jallow called the victim and took her to his house.
Upon her arrival, the victim sat on his bed and the accused undressed her and put his finger inside her vagina and started shocking her breast touching all over her body. Then, the accused also undressed and have sexual affair with her. During the process the victim started feeling pain and discovered white discharge in her vagina.
The girl later got up and dressed up and the accused gave her hundred dalasi [D100] for her transportation then the victim returned home. When she reached home, she discovered blood coming out from her vagina but she did not tell her mother.
The prosecution continued informing the court that on Friday 2nd October 2026, the victim told her mother that she was feeling sick and feeling pain over her waist and so the mother decided to take her to a pharmacy for pregnancy test. A test was conducted and confirmed positive.
After confirmation, the mother asked the victim who was responsible for the pregnancy and she informed her mother it was one Momodou Salieu Jallow. The mother was said to have confronted Jallow and the matter was later reported at the police station.
At the police station, the victim was taken to the hospital for medical checkup, upon their returning to the station she made a statement in the presence of her mother. The victim was later taken to the gender and child welfare unit.
Meanwhile, the prosecution then applied to tender the birth certificate bearing the name of the victim with the cautionary and voluntary statements bearing the name Momodou Salieu Jallow into evidence and marked as exhibits respectively.
Once the prosecution finished narrating the facts, the accused accepted all the facts narrated as the accurate facts of the case.
In plea of mitigation, the accused person begged forgiveness from the mother and promised to take care of the victim if given chance.
However, Magistrate Sowe adjourned the matter for ruling and ordered the accused person to be remanded at mile II Central Prison until the next adjourned date. The case was adjourned to 12th November 2026 at 11:30 for sentencing.