Magistrate Alpha Rashid Jalloh has ordered for Ibrahim Jabba a businessman who duped a trader Hannah Vandy the sum of two million old leones while pretending to having diamond for sale.

According to the complainant, Hannah Vandy, the incident took place at PZ, Sani Abacha and government Wharf in Freetown on the 15th March 2023. She said on the aforementioned date while trying to board a tricycle (Kekeh) the accused and one man approached her and showed her

paper containing some writing, adding that the accused claimed that they have a diamond and persuaded her to go with them to government Wharf.

She said they entered a building and the accused told her to hand over her hand bag which contained her sales for the day to him and instructed her to wait for him at the Rokel Commercial Bank branch building at PZ. She added that she went there and waited and she could not see the accused and further said that she returned to government Wharf but she could not see the accused person.

The witness told the court that it was her father who searched around and caught the accused 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 continues and the matter adjourned to the 21st April 2023.