Theft case against Canadian adjourned

Mwanza. The trial of a Canadian woman, Randal Dunn, 33, charged with theft of Sh30 million was postponed again as the court awaits concrete evidence to prove her guilty.

Dunn, who was manager of Monarch Hotel, is indicted for stealing from her employer Sh30 million.

Government prosecutor Juma Sarige requested the court to once again postpone the trial, claiming that the evidence provided was too weak to support her conviction.

It is alleged in the case filed at the court by Oswald Masatu, the owner of Monarch Hotel, that the accused allegedly stole Sh30.5 million during her tenure as manger of Monarch Hotel.

The account provided by Abubakar Abeid, 44 - the only witness against the defendant - that Ms Dunn was held responsible for the theft because she was handed all money garnered from the food and beverages at the hotel, was too weak to prove her guilty, according to Sarige.

Insufficient evidence forced the district resident magistrate, Janeth Masesa to postpone the trial to November 22.

Ms Dunn has appeared 8 times at the court whereby the last time she appeared was August 8, this year.

Randal Dunn, 33, who has been living in Tanzania since 2005, working in the hospitality industry, was bailed out by her father Lynn Dunn who has been in the country to fight for the release of his daughter.

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