A prosecution witness in the murder trial of Momodou Bah has told the High Court that the severity of the stab wound inflicted on the late Yunusa Mbye left him too frightened to accompany the victim to hospital.

Testifying before Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh on Thursday, prosecution witness three, Abdoulie Ceesay, a mechanic from Bundung Bohole, recounted the moments leading up to the fatal incident, saying he saw Bah stab Mbye in the neck before the victim collapsed.

“I went out of my garage to buy breakfast from a nearby shop when I saw Momodou Bah and Yunusa Mbye at a junction. Before I could get there, Momodou Bah had already stabbed him in the neck,” Ceesay told the court.

He said he rushed to the scene after seeing Mbye fall, where he found about six other people gathered around the victim.

According to the witness, they initially placed Mbye in a taxi, but the driver became frightened after seeing the extent of the injury and the heavy bleeding.

“The first driver was scared of the wounds. We then removed him from that taxi and put him in another car,” Ceesay testified, adding that the amount of blood coming from the victim’s neck also left him shaken.

Ceesay further told the court that he later approached people restraining the accused and advised them to hand him over to the police because they did not know whether the victim would survive.

He said that upon arriving at Kairaba Police Station, the accused allegedly accused him of taking D500 from him.

During cross-examination, defence counsel challenged the witness’s account, arguing that he had not witnessed the actual stabbing and therefore could not identify who attacked the deceased.

However, Ceesay rejected the suggestion, insisting that only the accused and the victim had come out together before the incident.
“I even ran towards them before the other six people came out,” he said.

The witness also testified that the accused attempted to flee after seeing blood gushing from Mbye’s neck.

He, however, admitted he did not know the weapon used in the stabbing or what the accused intended to do.

When asked by state counsel whether any part of his testimony was based on information given to him by others, Ceesay denied this, insisting he had only narrated what he personally witnessed.

The court also heard evidence from prosecution witness four, Police Officer Ousman Dambally of Kairaba Police Station.

Dambally told the court that he received information on 15 June about a murder behind GTBank in Fajara and immediately led a team of officers to the scene to conduct investigations and photograph the crime scene.

“Upon arrival at the scene, I found the victim had already been transported to the hospital. I interviewed some people at the scene and took photographs,” he testified.

According to Dambally, witnesses informed police that the deceased had been marking examination papers under a tree when the accused approached and asked him to reduce the volume of his radio.

He said the victim initially complied but allegedly refused when asked a second time, leading to the stabbing.

The officer said investigators observed blood stains beneath the tree where Mbye had been seated, as well as additional blood stains about five metres away.

He further testified that witness statements were obtained after the crime scene examination.

Under cross-examination, Dambally confirmed that the accused had already been taken to Kairaba Police Station before police investigators arrived at the scene.

He also told the court he could not account for the victim’s examination scripts but confirmed that Crime Scene Investigation officers were already at the location when his team arrived.

The case was adjourned to Tuesday, 21 July 2026, at 11:00 a.m. for the testimony of the fifth prosecution witness.

By Adama Makasuba