Accused of stealing $349,000 in items, including wigs and cash, a businesswoman got a lucky break yesterday, after the complainant in the matter offered no evidence against her.
Ashaka King was before Magistrate Rhondell Weaver on a charge which alleged that on March 16, 2018, at North Road, Lacytown, she stole 20 packs of hair valued at $300,000, $46,000 in cash, and three caps valued at $3,000, all totaling $349,000, property of Alana Lewis.
When the matter was called yesterday, the court heard that the complainant no longer wished to proceed with it. Subsequently, the charge against King was dismissed.
According to a previous report on the matter, it was King’s defence that the charge against her was brought by the complainant after she informed Lewis that she was ending the tenancy to the apartment she was the landlady for. It was then King alleged that Lewis claimed that a number of articles were missing from her apartment.
