By Francis H. Murray
Samuel Saio Kamara, who police accused of conspiring to obtain the sum of Le97 million by false pretense, was denied bail on Tuesday.
The accused was making his second appearance before Magistrate Hannah Boni of Magistrate Court No 1 at Pademba Road.
Police alleged that Kamara, on different dates between Tuesday 1st October 2019 and Saturday 30th November 2019 in Freetown, with intent to defraud, conspired with other persons unknown and obtained the total sum of Le97million from Foday Amara Thoronka.
The accused faces three count charges: conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to obtain money by false pretense, and causing money to be paid by means of fraud.
Prosecution counsel, Lawyer M. Kamara, examined prosecution witness number 1, Detective Abdul Mohamed Kamara, who explained before the court the circumstances leading to the arrest of the accused.
He stated that a case of obtaining money by false pretense was reported between 4th and 6th February 2020 by the complainant, who said he’d paid the said sum to the accused because he wanted to help a member of his family acquire international travel documents to travel overseas.
During his testimony, prosecution witness Detective Kamara, who is assigned to the Anti-fraud unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sierra Leone Police, told the court that he interviewed the accused person on 14th February, 2020 together with Detective Superintendent 5736 Mustapha M. S, prior to charging the case to court.
The accused however had no legal representation in court which resulted in the Magistrate requesting him to seek for one by the next hearing slated for March 24, 2020.
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