The High Court of Sierra Leone has sentenced Ali Kamara, a businessman from Culvert, Freetown, to twenty-five (25) years’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of 60.4 grams of Kush. Presiding over the case, Honourable Justice Khalila Diana Kamara noted that the offence, committed in Freetown, violated Section 8(a) of the National Drugs Control Act No. 10 of 2008. Upon arraignment, Kamara pleaded guilty to the charge. During the trial, the Sierra Leone Police presented laboratory analysis...

Mohamed Condeh, a 27-year-old driver, made his first appearance before Magistrate Mustapha Braima Jah at Pademba Road Court No. 1, charged with murder. The charge, brought under Section 1 of the Offense Against the Person Act 1861, as amended by Section 1(a) of the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 2021 (Act No. 6 of 2022), relates to the alleged killing of Gibrilla Sankoh on Sunday, 4th January 2026, at the Chief Compound off Wilkinson Road in the Western Area of Freetown. When the charge...

The High Court of Sierra Leone has sentenced Monica Kumba Kaiwandi to twenty years’ imprisonment for unlawfully possessing and attempting to transport Tramadol to inmates at the Male Correctional Centre on Pademba Road, Freetown. Presiding over the case, Hon. Justice Mark Ngegba described the offence, which occurred on 29th July 2025, as serious and damaging to the security of correctional institutions. Kaiwandi was found with 800 grams of Tramadol, a controlled substance under Section 8(a)...