By: Hafsatu Z Bangura
Mohamed Obai Koroma aged 31years made his final appearance before Justice Monfred Sesay at the High Court No.2 in Freetown having spent two years and five months on remand at the Male Correctional Centre at Pademba Road in Freetown has pleaded guilty to the offence of robbery with violence, contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.
The convict appeared before the court on a one-count charge of robbery with violence contrary to section 23 (1) (b) of the Larceny Act 1916, as repealed and replaced by Section 2 of the imperial statute criminal law adoption Amendment Act, Act No.16 of 1971.
State counsel, A. Jalloh alleged that the accused, on the 20 January 2020, at Tombo Lorry Park, in Waterloo outskirts of Freetown robbed Mohamed Bah of his Tecno mobile phone valued at Le500, 000 and physical cash of Le750, 000 all to the total value of Le1, 250,000, adding that immediately after such robbery, he used personal violence on Mohamed Bah.
After the convict pleaded guilty to the offence levied against him, Justice Monfred Sesay convicts the accused.
The State prosecutor A. Jalloh told Justice Sesay that the complainant was a motor driver, who resided at Kossoh Town, saying that on 20 January 2020, around 8:30 pm his vehicle had a breakdown at Tombo Lorry Park.
He furthered that when the complainant was trying to fix his vehicle, the convict together with an unknown person violently attacked him and carted away his phone and money from his pocket.
Mr. Jalloh continued that after the robbery, the convict pushed the complainant and ran away, but the complainant chased him and got him arrested, adding that the convict alleged that he had handed over the money to the unknown person.
He noted that the complainant later reported the matter to the Waterloo Police Division, where he made a statement to the police.
Defense counsel lawyer Randy S. Bangura from Legal Aid Board Sierra Leone (LAB) representing the convict made a plea of mitigation on behalf of the convict.
Delivering his ruling, Justice Sesay said since the commencement of the matter, the prosecutor made an application for the matter to be tried by judge alone, which was granted.
Justice Sesay sentenced him to two years imprisonment concerning the time he had spent on remand and advised him to be in good conduct
