Court to determine whether to strike out charges against former NAFCO boss Thursday

On the count of stealing, for instance, Mr Dame said the prosecution merely repeated the statutory label without stating any particulars satisfying the ingredients of the offence under Section 125 of Act 29, citing the Supreme Court's decision in Republic v Ernest Thompson & 4 Others." On money laundering under Section 1(2)(c) of Act 1044, Mr Dame argued the count could not stand because it was tied to the allegedly defective stealing charge in Count 18.

On the count of stealing and false pretences over the same facts, he relied on Section 157 of Act 30, arguing that it permitted a court to convict on false pretences even where only stealing was charged.