This was confirmed by the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court on Tuesday. Jatta’s lawyer Thomas Bliwier said his client was fully exonerated. “The rejection was for factual reasons. The public prosecutor’s office could not show that Mr. Jatta deceived,” said Bliwier. It is sufficiently certain, according to the court order, that the accused’s name is Bakery Jatta. The district court even accused the public prosecutor’s office of having relied mainly on unverifiable press reports.
District court: proceedings would have resulted in acquittal
The Hamburg public prosecutor’s office brought charges against the Gambier in December last year. According to the authority, he should actually be Bakary Daffeh, who is two and a half years his senior. Jatta had been accused of violating the Residence Act in four cases and of indirect false certification in another case.
Since, according to the district court, there is no reliable information on the date of birth attributed to Bakary Daffeh and the passport, which can be regarded as genuine, as well as the birth certificate of the accused strongly support his pleadings, the court is convinced that “it is highly unlikely that an incorrect date of birth was used and the accused would be acquitted of the allegations due to lack of evidence”.
No further investigation
The first allegations of a possible false identity of the attacker were made in August 2019. “There is no suspicion and no reason for further investigations,” said Bliwier now: “That has been determined.” The public prosecutor’s office can still appeal against the court’s decision.