By: Audrey Raymonda John
G4 Security Guard Ormsby Cole on Tuesday 31st January 2023, made his first appearance before Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of Court No 3 Ross Road, Freetown, for stealing eight (8) foreign extra bottles of stout at Sierra Leone Brewery Company Limited.
The accused Orsmby Cole is charged with a count of larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act 1916.
According to the charge sheet, the accused Orsmby Cole on Monday 23rd January at Sierra Leone Brewery Limited Industrial Estate, Wellington Freetown, did steal eight (8) foreign extra bottles of stout valued at one hundred and sixty Leones, property of Sierra Leone Brewery Limited Company.
When the charge was read to the Accused, he pleaded guilty.
Plea-in-mitigation by the defence counsel J.A.M.M Amara-Esq. said the Accused is a Sierra Leonean ordinarily residence within the Freetown Jurisdiction, gainfully employed by Group 4 Security Company, and he has dependents and has not wasted the Court`s time.
Magistrate Daboh before sentencing the accused to two years six months imprisonment said “the law is simple, the Accused was primarily employed by G4 Security Company to secure the lives and properties of Brewery Company Limited, yet he became their own thief, such people should not be pardoned with caution and discharge. The irony and twist are so blatant for this court to just caution and discharge this accused.”
The Magistrate said the exhibits should be restituted to Brewery Company Limited.