Private hearing in Bubacarr Keita rape trial as complainant’s sexual conduct and experience come into play

Judge Momodou SM Jallow on Tuesday presided over in-camera proceedings in the rape trial of businessman Bubacarr Keita.

When the case resumed at the high court in Bundung, Keita’s lawyer Lamin S Camara quickly reminded the court there was an ask before the court for a key witness to be questioned on the ‘sexual conduct and experience’ of the complainant. The key witness and the complainant are sisters.

The judge granted the application and asked that the hearing is done in his chambers since it involved a minor.

When The Fatu Network asked the judge if it meant the media wasn’t allowed in his chambers, he politely said a minor is involved and some of the information could be too ‘revealing’.