November 2, 2021
By: Audrey John
Lebanese Fraudster, Juliet Nazal has been arraigned before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of Pademba Road Court No 1 and remanded at the female Correctional center in Freetown for allegedly defrauding Samson Shallop the sum of one billion three hundred and fourteen million leones.
It was alleged in count one that on Wednesday 13th October 2021, at Zenith Bank Headquarters, Rawdon Street, knowingly issued a Zenith Bank cheque dated 13th October 2021 with serial number 1474415 with face value of one billion three hundred and fourteen million leones ( Le 1, 314,000,000) to complainant Samson Shallop against insufficient fund.
In count two, the accused on that same date and place issued a cheque to complainant with face value one hundred and sixty two million Leones (Le 162, 000, 00) to complainant against insufficient fund.
In count three, the accused was alleged to have prepare and endorsed deposit slip with serial number 2487321 with face value of one billion three hundred and fourteen million leones that the same has been paid to an account number 6010181380 knowing same to be false.
In count four, the accused induced Dauda Soriba Kamara to prepare slip with serial number 2487319 with face value of one billion three hundred and fourteen million leones to an account number 6010120551 knowing same to be false.
After the charges were read, State prosecutor Juan Bull informed the court that her witness is present but cannot go on. She said she has filed an affidavit in support of denying bail.
Rise from the bar, defense counsel IF Sawaneh applied for bail for his client citing section 79 of the Criminal Procedure Act No 32 of 1965.
Having heard the application for bail and the affidavit filed by the state thereof, magistrate Kekura said defense counsel cited the wrong application.
Based on the seriousness of the offense, he refused the accused bail and adjourned the matter to the 4th of November, 2021 for hearings to commence.