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Presidential guard commander jailed 16 years

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    A Court martial has sentenced the former commander of The Gambia’s presidential guard, Lieutenant Landing Sanneh, to 16 years in prison with hard labour.

    The court convicted Sanneh on Friday of plotting to overthrow the government of President Yahya Jammeh in January 2000, ‘The Independent’, a Banjul daily, reported on Monday. Sanneh was first brought before a civilian court, which dismissed the case against him after the state dropped the charges. However, the government rearrested and brought him before the military court. Sanneh, who was before his arrest considered loyal to Jammeh, can appeal.

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