The mother of the complainant in the rape trial of Bubacarr Keita on Monday to testified that her daughter lived with her elder sister when the latter was married to her husband, Bubacarr Keita.
Businessman Keita’s rape trial resumed on Monday at the high court in Bundung before judge Momodou SM Jallow.
The mother of the complainant testified that her daughter was staying with her elder sister when the elder sister was married to Bubacarr Keita.
She then turned to the events that took place in the summer of 2019 when asked to explain it to the court in chronological order by prosecuting lawyer Alasan Jobe.
The businesswoman recalled: “At that time, my daughter [*Amie] was sick, she had a headache. She had frequent headaches. I got a call from the school that [*Amie] had a headache. I then called her sister and told her that [*Amie]… my elder sister’s child called me and said [*Amie] was having frequent headaches in school.
“I then told Sainabou that she should take her to the hospital. Sainabou took her to the hospital in Banjul where she was checked. When she came, I asked Sainabou what happened and Sainabou said she thinks it was malaria. She was given medicine and she took the medicine when she came home. She took the medicine for days, felt better and returned to school.
“When she went back to school, she had headache again after a few days. My sister’s child who sells at the school called me and asked me if [*Amie] told me her head disturbs her a lot and when it begins to ache, all of them would be over her to support her. Their French teacher later called me and told me I should consider taking her to a traditional healer.”
The case returns on June 1.
