Detective Inspector Tamba Kasegbama has testified before Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Pademba Road Court No1 in the alleged murder of Mr Gillis Edward Ola Johnson, involving a schoolboy, Mohamed Arun Conteh.

The accused is arraigned on preliminary investigation on a count of murder contrary to law.

According to the charge, the accused Mohamed Arun Conteh on Saturday 11 March 2023 at Victoria Street Freetown, allegedly murdered Mr Gillis Edward Ola Johnson.

State prosecutor Umu Suma Ray lead Prosecution Witness Number Six, Detective Inspector Tamba Kasegbama, attached to the Homicide Unit, CID HQ recalled on Saturday 11 March 2023, the accused Mohamed Harun Conteh was arrested by police at Aberdeen and brought to Adelaide Street Police Station for an alleged case of murder. Having received the case inquiry file together with the accused the very day, they obtained statement from the accused and on the following day visited the crime scene at 54 Victoria Street.

He said that they discovered several items including a white shirt labelled Honel Brunel that had money logo with blood stain belonging to the accused, two pairs of brown and black slippers among other things.

The witness during cross examination confirmed that the police issued a medical examination request form for the stab wound found on the palm of the accused.

Asked whether any witness confirmed seeing the accused committing the act of murder, the police detective responded in the negative but told the court that there were people who confirmed that.

He said he has experienced numerous of such cases.

Suggested to be unfair in the matter, the witness said it’s not true. Tamba Kasegbama was the 9 and last witness of the Prosecution witness in the preliminary investigations of murder charge against the 17 year old high school pupil, Mohamed Harun Conteh.

Teddy Koroma told the accused that they charged the wrong person, but the prosecution witness did not agree.

Emmanuel Teddy Koroma said that he will make a no case submission at the next adjourned date of Wednesday 2 August after the prosecutor closed her case on Thursday 27 July.