A new police officer witness in the rape trial of Bubacarr Keita has said the complainant in the case said in a statement at the police station the businessman raped her.
Lisa Colley who did not wear a uniform began testifying in the case on Wednesday at the high court in Bundung.
She told Judge Momodou SM Jallow she came to know Mr Keita when a complaint was lodged against him at Picadilly Police Post in late 2019 when she was stationed there.
“The complaint was laid by [complainant’s elder sister],” she testified.
The police officer who holds the rank of detective corporal the complainant’s sister came with the complainant herself.
She testified: “Upon receiving the complaint, the complaint was registered in the diary [and] a case file was opened and then sent to the child welfare office.
“Upon receiving the case file from the charge office, both parties were invited and we heard from both parties what happened.”
The witness clarified that both parties meant the complainant and the accused Bubacarr Keita when asked by prosecuting lawyer Alasan Jobe what he meant by ‘both parties’.
She continued: “We first heard from the complainant. In her statement, she state that she was raped by one Bubacarr Keita whom we came to know as the accused person.
“Upon hearing from both parties, the investigation started. I personally left the charge office to visit the complainant’s residence at Tabokoto. Upon my arrival at the complainant’s house, we came to know that the accused and the victim were living in the same house, their doors were just opposite [each other]. From there we came back to the station. The following day, we went to the Kanifing General Hospital in Serrekunda.”
Her testimony continues on Thursday.
