Court Sentenced Man, 43, To Life Imprisonment For Killing His  Security Guard In Grand Cape Mount County

The Assigned Circuit Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court, Grand Cape Mount County, His Honor Wesseh Alphonsus Wesseh, has sentenced Defendant Alfred G. Kamara, age 43, to LIFE IMPRISONMENT for killing James Moore, age 50, his watchman at his diamond mining site, located in the Town of Jahwahjah,   in Lofa Bridge, Gola Konneh District,  Grand Cape Mount County on January 17, 2023

The trial jurors of the court, on March 14, 2024, returned a unanimous guilty verdict against Defendant Kamara, after some three weeks of trial. The Court imposed the sentenced  on the defendant, after the court heard and denied the Defense Counsel’s Motion for New Trial, filed to set the jurors’ unanimous guilty verdict aside.

According to the indictment formed and brought against Defendant Kamara, by the Government of Liberia, the Defendant accused the deceased, who was at the time of the incidence,   his watchman at his diamond mining site, for stealing fuel oil kept  in his mining equipment . The  indictment alleged that the  Defendant was physically seen taking the deceased on his motor bike  back  to the mining  site for  inspection and investigation into alleged missing fuel oil, but the deceased was never seen again,  until he was found dead days after  on the bank of the  Lofa River, some 100 meters from the defendant’s diamond mining site,  with parts extracted from the deceased’s  body.

Judge Wesseh’s imposition of sentence came after the conduct a pre-sentence investigation.  Section 50.5. and 501.3 of the new penal code of Liberia  award  anyone  guilty of murder  to be sentenced to  death or life imprisonment.

The defense lawyer led by Cllr. Boimah Passawe has excepted to the final ruling and announced an appeal before the full bench of the Supreme Court; the County Attorney for Cape Mount, Cllr.  Nyonkpao Daye, praised the court for delivering justice for the family of the deceased.