Austrian national Manuel Di Stofleth Mitterer could not hide his wish for Ebrima Solomon Tamba to withdraw the criminal case that the police brought against him [Manuel] and his partner, regarding their refusal to allow investigators gain access to details of transactions in their business partnership worth millions of dalasi.
“Tamba should withdraw this case,” Manuel casually said at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday as he and his lawyer Sheriff Tambedou lightheartedly spoke about how the Austrian has now become a part of the court’s furniture.
“He has a cordial relationship with the court staff,” senior counsel Tambedou acknowledged as he agreed with Manuel as regards the dropping of the criminal charges against his client.
A team of state prosecutors, led by Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Lamin Sanneh, were at the Banjul Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday afternoon as the disobedience of lawful order trial, involving Manuel and his partner Angelika Mitterer, was scheduled to proceed.
However, the case was adjourned to 11th March following the magistrate’s absence.
Manuel and Angelika’s legal troubles stemmed from their alleged refusal to allow police investigators gain access to information about the millions of dalasi that were suspected to have accrued from the sales of apartments that Tamba, Mitterer and Marcel Limbertus Van Andel partnered to build. Mitterer reportedly admitted to investigators that he lodged the proceeds into his cryptocurrency wallets and vaults.
But the question that arises is: will Tamba be willing to part with the millions of dalasi that were said to have been made from their business partnership?
