The Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has filed in a criminal charge of rape against one Omar Loum before Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul.

The accused is alleged to have unlawfully had sexual intercourse with an under-age girl (name withheld) on the 19th of April 2009 at Lamin Lodge, Kombo North in the Western Region of The Gambia.

When the matter came up DDPP Mikailu Abdulahi told the court that the file was received at the prosecution office. The matter is adjourned to the 22nd of March 2010.