LAC and others conspired and murdered DJ Cleff says DPP

On Thursday, The Director of Public Prosecution Sulaiman Bah strongly argued that accused Baimba Moi Foray alias LAC, Foday Amara Kamara alias G-Fag and Avril Oreh Renner did conspire to murder Sydney Buckle Jr. alias DJ Cleff in May 2015.

DPP made this statement while he was addressing presiding Judge, Justice Alusine Sesay and members of the Jury in the ongoing trial that involved the three accused alleged to have murdered the deceased while he was invited to a party at the residence of LAC at Aberdeen in Freetown.

Looking all Serious and determined in a quiet and tense atmosphere, DPP informed the court that it is the responsibility of the Prosecution to prove their case against accused persons noting that during the proceedings he was able to call 17 witnesses and presented 26 exhibits which all led to circumstantial evidences pointing fingers on the accused.

He called on the attention of the Judge and the Jurors to take note of the evidences presented in Court adding that a case is proven through direct or indirect evidences.

“Prosecution did not lead any factual witnesses who testified that they saw the murder but provided circumstantial evidences that implicate the accused persons.”

Furthermore DPP explained the legality of Circumstantial evidence and notified the Judge and the Jurors to take note of testimonies of witnesses contradicting the statements made by the accused to police during the investigations taking into considerations testimonies of PW1, 2, 3 & 13.

He said one of the witnesses told the Court that he last saw the deceased wearing a red boxer during the party at LAC’s house.

“When the body was discovered at Murray Town it was wearing a red boxer and when the body was exhumed for postmortem a red boxer was on it”.

He also stressed on the testimony of PW 13, the security guard of LAC who testified that after the party on 22nd May 2015, the 3rd accused Oreh was the last person that left the premises and recalled that LAC did leave the premises at around 2-3am saying he was going to Country Lodge but evidence (LAC’s Call log) before the Court stated that LAC was around Aberdeen at that particular period.

DPP noted that the exhibits before the Court, a brown carpet, yellow nylon ropes, among many others were identified by the security guard as similar to properties that were missing from the premises of LAC after the Party and these exhibits were found alongside the corpse at Murray Town with video exhibits to prove.

DPP submitted that PW13 was deliberately denied access into the premises was a diverse attempt of the 1st and 2nd accused to dispose of the body urging the Judge and Jurors to look into the call logs of the accused as there were misinformation about their location.

Finally he stated that the behavior of the 2nd accused to run away and dispose his sim-cards after the arrest of LAC was a clear indication that the accused is guilty.

The matter continues on the 24th August 2016 for the defence team to address the court.

By Mariam Sulaiman Bah