BY ROMINAH FAKA
The case of a man charged with breaking into another person’s home earlier this month will return to court on April 8 for mention.
Yesterday in court prosecution said investigations have completed, serving disclosures to the defence.
The defendant Jeremy Saemala, 18, informed the court through the duty defence lawyer that he is yet to seek legal representative.
Court made directions for the appearing defence lawyer to assist the defendant by informing their practice manager for allocation of lawyer for the defendant during the course of adjournment.
Saemala is charged with one count of house breaking.
Police alleged on March 9, 2025at around 4am the defendant went to the complainant’s house with the intention to steal. The defendant peeped through a window which only has louvres and no mesh-wire or screen and saw an Oppo phone and Samsung tablet connected to the power point, beside was a JBL speaker (flip 6) and a power bank.
After locating the items, the defendant loosened the louvres and used a stick curved like a hook to pull the items connected to their charges towards him. The defendant removed the items from their charger and left the chargers.
On the same day at noon, the defendant was brought to the white river police post under suspicious. The defendant then admitted to stealing the properties and then let the police to recover the stolen properties. The Oppo phone and JBL speaker were recovered from his room, whilst the Samsung tablet and the Huawei power bank recovered from his two friends whom he had given to them to sell. The defendant was arrested and placed at Central watch house.
Office of Public Prosecution is prosecuting.
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