Monrovia, April 20 -- Criminal Court 'C' Judge J. Boima Kontoe has dropped charges against four former Liberia Coca-Cola Bottling Company's (LCCBC) employees. The four were taken to court on charges of "misapplication of entrusted property, criminal conspiracy and criminal facilitation."
George
Paye, Emmanuel Tayler, Sam Oyee and Tonia Kparteh were acquitted of the charges
on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
According
to the indictment, they were accused by the company of conniving and conspiring
with criminal intent to steal and misapply the company's proceeds generated
from sales in the tone of US$1,882,464.85 during the period between January 1, 2010
up to November 30, 2010.
During the
trial of the case, they were found guilty of the...