Liberia, Sept. 30 -- Judge Wesseh Says Prosecution Evidence Requires Defense Response as Statutory Rape Trial Moves Forward

By Willie N. Tokpah

Monrovia-Criminal Court "E" for Montserrado County has rejected a motion seeking the acquittal of 63-year-old Peter Bon Jallah, ruling that the prosecution's evidence presented so far is not "wholly insufficient" to terminate the case before the defense has presented its evidence.

In a ruling delivered Wednesday, September 30, Assigned Circuit Judge Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh, Sr. denied and dismissed Jallah's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal, clearing the way for the defendant to take the witness stand as the trial enters a critical phase.

Jallah is facing charges growing out of allegations of G...