It made big news in April of this year when former Hofius employees, Koshia Gentle, and Lydia Selina Bennett, were charged for 49 counts of theft and embezzling over quarter million dollars from the long established hardware store.
They were accused of stealing varying amounts of money between November 2, 2015, and December 31, 2015.
But, 5 months later, the DPP has directed that the charges be withdrawn. Why? There's no evidence to prove theft says the DPP's directive.
Last week, Gentle and Bennett appeared before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Fraser when they learned of the DPP's memo which read, "Withdraw all charges due to no evidence to prove the charges."
Gentle was represented by attorney, Ellis Arnold while Bennett was represented by attorney, Oscar Selgado. The alleged theft was of 287 thousand dollars.
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