By: Audrey Raymonda John
Magistrate Mark Ngegba of the Pademba Road Court No.1 on Tuesday 17th January, 2023 ordered Bench warrant against the youth leader of Lunsar town Frank George Conteh for failing to appear in court.
The accused Frank George Conteh was charged to court for an offence of threatening language contrary to section 3(1) of the public order Act No.46 of 1965.
According to the particulars of offence, on Sunday 20th March, 2022 at the Lunsar town hall in Marampa Chiefdom, Northern Province of Sierra Leone, the accused did use threatening language against Paramount Chief Koblo Quee with intent to provoke him to commit the breach of the peace.
When the matter was mentioned, the accused was nowhere to be found in Court, upon that background, State Counsel Yusif Isaac Sesay Esq requested from the bench to issue a warrant of arrest of for the accused.
Magistrate Ngegba granted his request and adjourned the matter to Tuesday 31st January, 2023.
In the police file, progress report on the alleged case revealed that on the date of the incident, complainant PC Koblo Queen received a voice record (audio) in his mobile phone from social media via WhatsApp were the author of the said audio identified as Frank George Conteh, Youth leader of Lunsar town threatened to killed him, defaming his character and used certain inciting words against him thereby putting him into fear.