A Sudanese national, Mohamed Harovna Adam, has been sentenced to thirty-eight (38) months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate Court No.1 in Kenema for fraudulent conversion.
The conviction was handed down on January 27, 2025, by His Worship Magistrate Hadiru Daboh, following Adam’s guilty plea to one count of fraudulent conversion contrary to Section 20(1)(iv)(a) of the Larceny Act of 1916.
Court records revealed that Mohamed Harovna Adam fraudulently converted the sum of Fourteen Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty-Five United States Dollars (US$14,135) entrusted to him by the complainant, Khamis Abdalla Adam, for business purposes. The offence was said to have been committed on diverse dates between 2024 and February 6, 2025, in Kenema City.
The charge was read and explained to the accused in open court by the court clerk, Ibrahim Tomboyeke, after which the accused pleaded guilty without contest.
In delivering his judgment, Magistrate Hadiru Daboh sentenced the accused to 38 months’ imprisonment at the Sierra Leone Correctional Centre (SLCC) in Kenema. The court, however, offered the option of restitution, ordering that the convict may avoid the custodial sentence if he pays the full amount stated in the particulars of the offence.
The complainant, Khamis Abdalla Adam, was represented by prosecuting counsel Joseph Bandabla Dauda, popularly known as JBD Esq., in association with Lawyer Dauda Chorane Gbow. The accused was not represented by legal counsel during the proceedings.
Following the judgment, Mohamed Harovna Adam was remanded at the Sierra Leone Correctional Centre in Kenema to begin serving his sentence.
