GAMBIA: MURDER ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH

a Gambian court handed down a death sentence to a police officer who killed a man during a police raid in 2007, local journalists said. The court found police officer Dodou Janneh guilty of murdering Sheriff Minteh during a police raid in Serrekunda, Gambia's largest city. The killing of Minteh in May 2007 sparked riots and protests in the town. Judge Kumba Sillah-Camara said Janned had committed a "heinous crime".