Sierra Leone News: Alleged Hajj fee lands accused in jail

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Between 1st June 2017 and 30th June 2017, Amira Tatayea Bangura at Bai Bureh Road Kissy in the Eastern part of Freetown, allegedly obtained over Le25 million from Alhaji Sorie Tawarally by pretending to facilitate his mother’s movement to Mecca to perform the 2017 Hajj. Bangura was arrested in August this year and charged with three counts of Obtaining Money by False Pretence contrary to the Larceny Act of 1916. On Thursday 23rd August 2018, Bangura made her first appearance before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at the Siaka Stevens Street Magistrate Court in Freetown. She pleaded not guilty to the offences. The prosecution witness was present in Court. Her defence counsel attempted to apply for bail. The magistrate however refused granting her bail and adjourned the matter to 29 August 2018. EDB/23/8/18 By Edna Browne-Dauphine Friday August 24, 2018.

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