Kissaday Nying

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	3 years
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Year Crime:	2016
Year Convicted:	2016
Year Cleared:	2017
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Gambia
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City of Crime:	Kanifing
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Kissaday Nying was wrongly convicted of theft on November 2, 2016 in Kanifing Municipality, Gambia. Nying's prosecution was based on the allegation that on February 9, 2016 he stole a Samsung Galaxy and a Nokia mobile phone from the house of Ebrima Mbenga. Mbenga and his mother did not see anyone in the house, but his mother said she heard footsteps when she was in the bathroom. Nying was found in possession of one of the phones. His defense was that he bought it from Bara Camara at the Serekunda Market. When questioned by police Camara denied selling the phone to Nying. After Nying's conviction in the Kanifing Magistrates Court he was sentenced to the mandatory sentence of three years in prison. Nying appealed. In December 2017 the Gambia High Court set-aside Nying's conviction and ordered his acquittal based on the prosecution failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In the High Court's ruling Justice Oleidi Uduma noted that Nying's possession of the phone after it was stolen did not prove he stole it -- which he denied."
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Innocence Proved By:	In December 2017 the Gambia High Court set-aside Nying's conviction and ordered his acquittal based on the prosecution failure to introduce sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In the High Court's ruling Justice Oleidi Uduma noted that Nying's possession of the phone after it was stolen did not prove he stole it -- which he denied.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"High Court sets aside magistrates court’s decision, By Bruce Asemota, The Point ( Bakau, Gambia), January 8, 2018"
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Kissaday Nying

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

3 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2016

Year Convicted:

2016

Year Cleared:

2017

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Gambia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Kanifing

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"High Court sets aside magistrates court’s decision, By Bruce Asemota, The Point ( Bakau, Gambia), January 8, 2018"

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http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/high-court-sets-aside-magistrates-courts-decision

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