After He Was Found Guilty
PHOTO: Defendant Sam Wolobah
By Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia- Criminal Court “B” Judge Wesseh A. Wesseh has set this Wednesday, October 1,2025 for the sentencing of the fake medical doctor, Sam Worlobah, after he was found guilty of being responsible for the death of a patient following an operation.
Defendant Worlobah of the Lofa Medical Clinic in Monrovia’s Jacob Town suburb, was found guilty by majority guilty verdict on September 15,2025 for the crime of murder. He had earlier admitted in court that he was not a medical doctor but rather a medical technologist.
Of the twelve jurors who sat the case, ten said he was guilty while two said he wasn’t guilty.
Following the jurors’ majority guilty verdict, they were disbarred and thanks for their service during the period of their service to the Judiciary branch of government.
As the guilty verdict was being read, defendant Sam Worlobah wept bitterly.
However, defense lawyer excepted to the ruling and announced an appeal to the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia.
Following his first appearance at Criminal Court B, on August 14,2025, defendant Sam Worlobah entered into a not guilty plea after his indictment was read in open court. His not guilty plea led him to join issues with the state.
The defendant through his lawyers, mainly from the public defense office, requested for jury trial.
During the trial proceedings, prosecuting lawyers Cllr. Isaac Willian and Atty. Andrew A. Tellewoyan produced five witnesses and one rebuttal witness while the defense produced two witnesses.
Defendant Worlobah was indicted during February A.D.2025 term of court by the grand jury of Montserrado County for the crime of murder.
His not guilty plea made state lawyers to begin producing witnesses against defendant Worlobah.
Meanwhile, the court instructed the Ministry of Justice probation division to do a pre-sentencing report on the defendant character and report within five working days.
The Grand Jury for Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, upon oath, do hereby find more probably than not, that the defendant, Sam Worlobah to be identified, committed the crime of MURDER, in violation of Title 26, Chapter 14, Section 14.1 of the new penal code of the republic of Liberia as follows, to wit:
According to the indictment, on the 18th day of March, A.D 2025 in the Jacob Town Community, Paynesville City, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia, the Defendant, Sam Worłobah did commit the crime of murder in that;On the date and time mentioned the deceased; Samuel P Kollie had gone along with his sister Mary Kollie to the Lofa Medical Services Clinic in Jacob Town, Paynesville city, to seek medical treatment and was received by you Defendant Sam Worlobah;Mediation operation.
The indictment further stated that defendant Sam Worlobah received in his medical facility now deceased Samuel P. Kollie to have him treated for acute abdominal pain; accordingly Defendant Sam Worlobah conducted physical examinations by only lifting of victim’s legs and pressed his stomach and was then and there diagnosed of, suffering from appendicitis (appendices) and also diagnosed with Hepatitis-B positive.
Defendant Sam Worlobah concluded that Samuel Kollie needed a quick operation and charged the victim and his sister the sum of USD 275.00, to which the victim sister Mary Kollie told the defendant that the amount charged was too much and begged to pay USD 225.00 which the defendant accepted and carried out the operations
It was established that defendant Sam Worlobah assumed the risk of not being a Registered Licensed Doctor; criminally, unlawfully, intentionally, purposely, knowingly conducted a SURGERY on the victim and thereafter administered injections to cure pains from the patient’s wound, while victim Samuel P. Kollie was admitted at the Lofa Medical Services Clinic undergoing observation as the result of the Surgery, he met his death on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10:00 am;
The indictment added that the Lofa Medical Services Clinic is criminally and unlawfully owned by the within-named criminal Defendant Sam Worlobah and the aforesaid clinic is not accredited by the Liberia Medical and Dental Board to carry on surgical procedures. The Clinic does not have the standards and facilities required to carry out major surgical procedures in such a case;
That defendant Sam Worlobah is not a licensed medical Doctor/surgeon to carry out surgical procedure; instead he impersonated thereby acting in said capacity that resulted into the death of victim Samuel P. Kollie on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 after spending a day at said facility under the direct supervision of the defendant Sam Worlobah.
A person is guilty of murder if he:
- a) Purposely or knowingly causes the death of another human being; or Causes the death of another human being under the circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
A rebuttable presumption that such indifference exists arises if the defendant is engaged or is an accomplice in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit, treason, offenses defined in section 11.2 or 11.3 of this title, espionage, sabotage, robbery, BURGLARY, Kidnapping, felonious restraint arson, rape aggravated involuntary sodomy, escape, piracy, or other felony involving force or danger to human life.
Murder is a felony of the first degree, but a person convicted of murder may be sentenced to death or life imprisonment as provided in Section 50.5 and 51.3.
Contrary to 4LCLR, Title 26, Section 14.1. (a, b); and of the statutory laws of the Republic of Liberia; against the peace and dignity of the Republic of Liberia.