George Browne who is one of the prisoners that escaped from prison during the November 26 failed coup in the country, has been dragged to court again by one Mohamed Alie Bah for stabbing him with a knife on his lower left eye.

George Browne was serving his sentence at the Pademba Road prison after being found guilty at the high Court for also stabbing and wounding his uncle with a knife.

Browne is presently standing before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba road court no.2 and was arriaged on two count charges for wounding and assault or occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.

The charge sheet indicated that George Browne on Friday 14 March 2025 at Kroo Town Road in Freetown maliciously wounded Mohamed Alie Bah.

The charge sheet further that George Browne on the same day and place assaulted Mohamed Alie Bah in a manner occasioning him actual bodily harm.

In his testimony, the complainant Mohamed Alie Bah said he is a business man and knows the accused through his brother Ibrahim Bah.

He recalled on the 14 March 2025, adding that his brother met him informing him that he gave accused George Browne the sum of seven thousand new Leones to carry it to someone but since then he had not been seeing him.

Witness Alie further that they decided to search for the accused and saw him at Adelaide Street and saw him in the midst of people and he grabbed him from the back.

He said he saw the accused with new mobile phones valued at three thousand new Leones with a new watch, new clothes and with the money in question.

Witness Alie further testified that they apprehended the accused to take him to the police station at Adelaide Street police station.

The properties bought by the accused were handed over to the complainant.

He said on the following day the accused went to his house and asked him for his property and he asked him to go to the police and asked them.

The witness further said that the accused then threaten to kill him but he went inside the container of one Mr Abdulai.

He said while talking with Abdulai the accused stabbed him with a knife on his lower eye and blood started oozing out from his eye and the accused ran away but was later arrested and taken to the central police station.

He said he was given medical report for treatment and examination.

He went to the Cannaught hospital where he was treated and he returned with the endorsed medical report to the police station and he made statements to the police.

The accused was unrepresented in court and the witness was cross-examined.

He was remanded in custody until 15th April 2025.