The Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Bong County has sentenced Samuel Singbeh to life after finding him guilty of murder. Singbeh was tried for murdering a commercial motorcyclist Joshua Sackie. The verdict has meanwhile, brought justice to a case that shocked residents.
The conviction followed court’s determination that prosecutors proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Singbeh intentionally, willfully, maliciously and unlawfully killed Sackie.
He was convicted of first-degree murder under Chapter 14, Section 14.1 of the New Penal Law after being indicted during the August Term of Court in 2025.
Evidence presented during the trial, roved that the deadly incident occurred on July 8, 2025, in Santa Town, Bong County.
Prosecutors said, Sackie was transporting Singbeh and his belongings on a commercial motorcycle from Kelebay when Singbeh asked him to stop, claiming he wanted to relieve himself. The prosecution told the court that once the motorcycle stopped, Singbeh attacked the rider with a knife, stabbed him several times in the neck and killed on the scene.
Court records further revealed that Singbeh also attempted to attack the victim’s younger brother, Honest Boakai, who escaped into a nearby bush.
During police investigation, Singbeh admitted to fatally stabbing Joshua Sackie.
He claimed that the incident began after some of his goods fell from the motorcycle; a situation, which he said, led to an argument and physical confrontation when
admitted that he stabbed the victim during the struggle before he fled the scene.
The report also noted that Singbeh showed no remorse for the killing his kinsman.
Assigned Circuit Judge Joe S. Barkon, ruled that the evidence overwhelmingly established the defendant’s guilt.
Barkon observed that although the law prescribed either a death penalty, or life imprisonment for murderer, “the continued suspension of capital punishment makes life imprisonment the highest enforceable sentence.”
Judge Barkon ordered that Samuel Singbeh be committed to Gbarnga Central Prison to serve a life sentence and instructed the clerk to immediately notify prison authorities to enforce the judgment.
The ruling brings an end to one of Bong County’s most disturbing murder cases, and underscores the court’s commitment to hold violent offenders accountable under the law.