By Mamajah Jalloh
The ongoing trial involving two businessmen, Abdul Jabba Mansaray and Joseph Bellon, continued on Monday, 6th July 2026, before Magistrate John Manso Fornah at Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown, where prosecution witnesses testified in an alleged theft case involving a medical imaging device valued at $37,100.
The accused face five counts, including conspiracy, larceny, obtaining money by false pretences, and receiving stolen goods, contrary to the Larceny Act of 1916.
According to the charge sheet, the first defendant, Abdul Jabba Mansaray, is alleged to have conspired with unknown persons on 13 January 2026 at No. 3 Bathurst Street, Freetown, to commit larceny.
He is further accused of stealing one Vivid IQ Echo Machine, a medical device valued at $37,100, belonging to Professor Dr. James Russell.
The prosecution also alleges that Mansaray, on 28 and 29 January 2026, obtained Le2,500 from Fatmata Jullet Nicolls and Le1,015 from George Russell via Orange Money under false pretences, claiming the funds were needed as transport fare to produce the stolen equipment.
The court further heard that co-accused Joseph Bellon allegedly received the stolen Vivid IQ Echo Machine between 13 and 28 January 2026 at Kossoh Town, Freetown, knowing it to be stolen property belonging to Professor Dr. James Russell.
When the charges were read, no pleas were taken from the defendants.
Testifying as Prosecution Witness Five, Detective Constable 18291 Ibrahim Sorie Kamara, a cyber systems analyst attached to the Cyber Laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, told the court that his unit specializes in data extraction and analysis from electronic devices.
He explained that on 2 February 2026, the Cyber Laboratory received a formal request from Detective Superintendent PKS Mark M. Kamara, Head of Operations at CID Headquarters, seeking subscriber details, call logs, site locations, and IMEI traces linked to several telephone numbers.
The request was tendered in evidence.
Detective Kamara further told the court that the Cyber Laboratory wrote to Orange Sierra Leone at Regent Road, Hill Station, requesting IMEI numbers, KYC details, and location data associated with the identified numbers. He said the telecom provider responded on the same day, and the correspondence was also submitted as evidence.
He added that subsequent forensic analysis was conducted, leading to the extraction of relevant IMEI data. Investigators later made another request on 23 February 2026 for additional SIM card details linked to the identified IMEI numbers, and a further response was received on 2 March 2026. All documents were tendered in court.
Following the testimony, Magistrate Fornah adjourned the matter to 13 July 2026 for further hearing.
