Gambia: Pathologist Tells High Court Yunusa Mbaye Died From Massive Blood Loss After Neck Stabbing

What the report says

AllAfrica, carrying a Foroyaa report, said a consultant pathologist testified on Tuesday before the High Court in Banjul that Yunusa Mbaye died from severe external bleeding after a deep neck wound. Dr. Ousman Leigh appeared as the prosecution’s sixth witness in the murder trial of Mamadou Bah, which is being heard by Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh.

According to the report, Dr. Leigh told the court that a postmortem examination found major damage to muscles and blood vessels on the left side of Mbaye’s neck. He also said pieces of glass were found inside the wound. The prosecution sought to submit the postmortem report dated 16 June 2026, but the defence objected, questioning its admissibility because Dr. Leigh was no longer a permanent employee of Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital. The judge rejected the objection after the prosecution said Leigh still worked with the hospital on contract, and the report was admitted as evidence.

The prosecution also called Ebrima Cham, a police officer who said he photographed the body during the postmortem examination. Cham told the court he took five photographs, later printed them from an official police laptop, and identified them in court. The defence did not object to the photographs and accompanying certificate, which were admitted as exhibits.

Bah is charged with murder under the Criminal Offences Act, 2025. Prosecutors allege that on 15 June 2026 in Fajara, Kanifing Municipality, he caused Mbaye’s death by stabbing him in the neck with a broken bottle. The report said the matter was adjourned to 15 October 2026, when the prosecution is expected to call its eighth witness.