The High Court in Banjul on Monday adjourned the murder trial of Yankuba Touray after he refused to take a plea.

Mr Touray was last month charged with the murder of former Finance Minister, Ousman Koro Ceesay.

And during the proceedings of his trial on Monday at the High Court, Mr Yankuba Touray told the Court that, “I plea my Constitutional immunity.”

Representing the State, Attorney General, Abubacarr Tambadou told the Court that “the accused person’s claim should be viewed as a challenge and it is a challenge that can be ignored.”

AG Tambadou described the Constitutional immunity claim by Yankuba Touray as ‘ambiguous.’

He went on to tell the Court that the State do not know the type of claim Touray has sought for and that they do not know the category of his claim.”

AG Tambedou refered the Court to section 1271 of the Constitution, and demanded an adjournment of the case.

However, in his counter defence, Lawyer Abdoulie Sisoho told the Court that ” there is a charge sheet before the Court that had been read. We urge the Court to try this case to next week from Monday to Friday.”

He added: “if the honourable Attorney General feels that a referral is necessary, he can file a suit under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.”

The defence lawyer said: “the referral submission made by the Attorney General is premature.”

Reporting by Adama Makasuba