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Thursday 10 June 2010

Gambian remanded over ex-wife’s killing



A Gambian national, Sheihk Saine, has been remanded by a Scottish court after been charged with murdering his wife in a Glasgow newsagents.


Sheikh Saine is accused of stabbing 33-year-old Fatou Saine to death in the McColl's shop in St Enoch Square on 1 June.

Mr Saine, 43, is alleged to have punched and bit Miss Saine and held his rucksack over her face and mouth.

Appearing in court, Sheikh Saine made no plea or declaration at Glasgow Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.

The court heard that Mr Saine, from Greenock, Inverclyde, was on bail from Greenock Sheriff Court at the time of the incident.

He was also charged with breaching a bail condition not to approach his wife.