Tina Mans, a businesswoman, was on Monday, February 14, 2022 taken to court by Pee Cee & Sons for allegedly obtaining goods worth over Le158 million by deception.
The accused made her first appearance in court and was charge with one count of obtaining goods by false pretense contrary to section 32(1) of the Larceny Act 1916.
The police alleged that the accused on diverse dates betweenNovember 10, 2021, and November 27, 2021, at Lumpa Waterloo with intent to defraud, obtained 779 cartoons of imported chickens valued at Le158,949,000(one hundred and fifty eight million, nine hundred and forty nine thousand Leones) from Rakesh Dhameta of Pee Cee & sons Waterloo branch by falsely pretending to pay the money in the period of three weeks knowing same to be false.
When the charges were read and explained to the accused, no plea was taken and no legal representation was made on her behalf.
Magistrate Kekura refused to admit the accused on bail. The matter comes up again on February 21, 2022.
By Alimatu Jalloh