Court strikes out woman’s case

THE Waigani District Court has struck out a case of a woman charged with conspiring, misappropriating and stealing by false pretence K20,000 from the Women’s Micro Bank Limited.
Magistrate Ernest Wilmot said there was insufficient evidence and therefore no element of intention to defraud was found.
It was alleged that on Dec 18, 2017, Priscilla Wimbara, 31, from Kintip village in Hagen Central, Western Highlands, went to the Women’s Micro Bank at Waigani, Port Moresby, and with the help of a manager named David Koi, deposited K20,000 into Wimbara’s account.
It was alleged that the next day, Wimbara took her passbook back to Koi who filled out a withdrawal form and handed it to her to sign.
The accused signed and K9800 was withdrawn.
Another K9800 was withdrawn in a separate transaction the same day.
On the March 29 last year, Wimbara was seen at the bank trying to do another transaction and the management called the police.
Wimbara was taken to the fraud office at Boroko police station for questioning.
She was charged and released on bail.
“Evidence show that the accused only facilitated what Koi told her to do and after the withdrawal, she gave all the money back to Koi and continued her banking,” Wilmot said.
“The court finds that she only did the job that she was told to do. Koi gave the accused K400 on the first withdrawal and K100 the next.”
The court found that the accused had no intention to defraud the bank and police did not provide evidence to prove theiur case.