Magistrate Alpha Rashid Jalloh has ordered for Ibrahim Jabba a businessman who duped a trader, Hannah Vandy the sum of Two Million Old Leones on the pretext having a diamond for sale.
According to the complainant Hannah Vandy who testified in court recalled that the incident took place at PZ and Government Wharf in Freetown on the 15th March 2023.
She said on that date whiles trying to board a tricycle-kekeh, the accused person and one man approached her and showed her a piece of paper containing some writings. She said accused claimed that they had a diamond and persuaded her to go with them to Government Wharf. She informed the court that they entered a building, and the accused told her to hand over her handbag which contained her sales for the day to him and waited for him at Rokel Commercial Bank at PZ.
She said she went there and waited but didn’t see the accused person. The complainant said they waited at Government Wharf but didn’t see the accused person. The witness informed the court that it was her father who searched around and caught the accused person at a notorious spot at Government Wharf.
The accused person is standing trial on a count charge to wit Larceny contrary to section 2 of the Larceny Act 1916.
Trail was adjourned to the 21st April 2023.
