One Musa Ceesay on Monday appeared before the Bundung Magistrates' Court, presided over by Senior Magistrate Kumba Sillah - Camara, on charge of defilement of a girl, age 18, contrary to section 127, cap 10 volume 3 laws of the Gambia.

According to the particular of the offence, sometime in the month of October 2007, at Brufut, Kombo North the accused unlawfully had carnal knowledge a  teenage girl, Fatou Barrow, age 18.

When the case was called, Musa Ceesay pleaded not guilty.

Kaddy Demba, the mother of the teenage girl, when asked if she knew the accused person or if she could remember what had happened between her daughter and the accused person in the months of October and December 2007, she confirmed that she knew him, and she added that nothing was wrong with her daughter, only that she was pregnant.

At this juncture Senior Magistrate Sillah-Camara then granted the accused person bail in the sum of D100,000, with a Gambian surety who must furnish the court with his reachable contact address. Meanwhile, the case was adjourned to 17 June 2008, for continuation. Corporal 432 Njie represented IGP.