Woman fleeced man of $430,000 by promising plot of land -court told

Oma Chaitram

A woman who is accused of soliciting a sum of money after falsely promising a man that she could obtain a plot of land for him was on Monday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The allegation against Oma Chaitram is that between November 4, 2009 and March 4, 2010 she obtained from Clarence De Brayer $430,000 by falsely pretending that she was in a position to purchase a plot of land located at La Bonne Intention.

The woman was not required to plead to the indictable charge of obtaining money by false pretence when it was read to her by