By Feima Sesay
Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No 2 has on Thursday 28th November 2024 made an order for the former Minister of Finance , Patricia Laverly to be brought to court to stand trial .
The Court made this order the ex minister has been absenting herself from court on several adjourned dates on the grounds that she was unwell.
He made this order after the State Lawyer Yusuf Isaac Sesay made an application for the accused to be brought to court to stand trial after severally absenting herself from court sittings.
Her lawyer had said in previous Court sittings that his Client had been at the intensive care unit of the Choichram hospital in Freetown where she has been admitted and responding to treatment.