Criminal Court Acquits Notorious Scammer, But Sentences Armed Robber To Many Years In Prison

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PHOTO: Defendant Jack Nicholas Davis (In white T-shirt) taking back to prison despite being acquitted of one of his charges and defendant Joshua Wleh in orange joint suit

By Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com

TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia- Criminal court “D” at the Temple of Justice has acquitted a notorious scammer identified as George B. Wade, alias Jack Nicholas Davis of crime of armed robbery.

The verdict was handed down by Judge Mameia Jabateh Sirleaf on Wednesday April 3,2024 after final arguments by both defense and prosecution lawyers.

The court in its decision said, prosecution failed to establish a prima faci case against the Defendant.

A prima faci cause is one which is established by sufficient evidence and can only be overturned by rebutting evidence adduced at trial and that prosecution also failed to sustain the principle of burden of proof by not providing a single iota of evidence in order to convict the defendant.

The Court said all the seven witnesses produced by prosecution did not link the defendant to the crime of armed robbery.

Defendant George Wade alias Jack Nicholas Davis was held for multiple crimes and the armed robbery is one of them crimes he has been acquitted.

Defendant Wade was charged with Rape, Sexual Assault, Simple Assault, Terroristic Threat, Felonious Restrain, Menacing, Criminal Coercion, Robbery, Armed Robbery, Forgery or Counterfeiting, Theft of Property, and Disseminating Obscene Materials which contravened Chapter 14; Sections 14.70, 14.77, 14.21, 14.24, 14.51, 14.25, 14,27, Chapter 15; Section 15.30, 15.32, 15.70, 15.51 and Chapter 18; Section 18.7 for purposely, knowingly and intentionally having intercourse with women not his wives and without their consent, in the process causing bodily injuries both physical and psychological, as well as threating his victim(s) with serious bodily harm or death while unlawfully retraining his victim(s) at unspecified locations where he subjects them to involuntary servitude, take nude photos of or video records his victim(s) with the employ of weapons such as single barrel short gun pistol or knife.”

However, prosecution took except and promised to take advantage of the law controlling.

At same time,trial jurors of the February Term of court,2024 brought down a guilty verdict against Defendant Joshua Wleh for the crime of Armed Robbery.

In reading the probation report judge Mameita Jabateh Sirleaf In open court said the probation report revealed that the defendant Joshua Wleh is a notorious criminal who has over the years terrorized the chocolate city community in Gardnesville

Meanwhile, Defendant Joshua Wleh was sentenced to (8) eight years in prison.

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