By Grace Q. Bryant
In connection with the mob violence that led to the death of Kolubah Marshall, a resident of Johnson Street, the Liberian National Police has sent Boakai Passawe and two others to court on criminal charges.
Defendants Passawe, Mohammed Koromah and Thomas Blamah were charged with the commission of the crime of Murder, Aggravated Assault and Criminal Attempt, in violation of chapter 14, sections 14.1, 14.20 and 10.1 of the Revised Penal Law of Liberia, pending trial by Court.
According to the police charged sheet; on March 12, 2022, victim Kolubah Marshall and Mohammed Sheriff were engaged in the sale of broken pieces of tiles and used bidets/commodes at Johnson Street and left their business area for J.J.Y, in search of tiles to purchase for marketing purpose.
The charged sheet established that, while returning to Johnson Street, victims Kolubah and Sheriff made a stop at Vai Town, Bushrod Island to also search for some pieces of tiles but while waiting for vehicles from the direction of Freeport to pass to enable them get across the main street, defendant Blamoh, who was riding a motorbike from the direction of the Gabriel Tucker Bridge and heading towards the Clara Town direction was seen unlawfully using the opposite lane (Freeport to Monrovia) precisely around H & A Business Center, hit victims Kolubah Marshall and Mohammed Sheriff with the bike thereby resulting into an accident.
The police charged sheet maintained that victim Marshall fell to the ground but immediately got up and an argument ensued between the two men which made victim Marshall to seize the motor bike keys.
It said that while the keys were in the possession of the victim, defendant Blamoh accused the victims Marshall and Mohammed Sheriff of being motorbike thieves alleging that they wanted to steal his motorbike.
During police investigation, defendant Passawe averred that he was busy transferring his things from Doe Community to his new home at Jamaica Road when he heard that a motorbike rogue was killed at Vai Town.
According to him, when he got to Vai Town, he saw a group of people surrounding the person that was killed and stood up behind the crowd and observed the person lying down on the road with his ordinary ring besides him.
Defendant Passawe noted that on Wednesday, while he was riding his bike, he saw Hassan Sheriff who came and identified him as one of the persons who was present when the incident occurred.