BY ROMINAH FAKA

The magistrate court has issued a warrant of arrest for a woman accused of stealing after she failed to attend her court session yesterday.

Loana Sisifiu faces 15 counts of simple larceny for allegedly stealing from two different women.

Allegations said Ms Sisifiu conned the two complainants saying the money was going towards their travel to Australia, visa and train fares in Australia.

Sisifiu denied the charges and a trial was set.

Defence had sought for a settlement out of court but prosecution rejected it, saying this matter was serious and therefore needed to be settled in court.

Court adjourned for August 24 for review of warrant.

The accused Loana Sisifiu was charge in relation to allegations between January and April of this year in Honiara, where she lied to two different women and obtained over $20,000 from them.

Prosecution further alleged that accused obtained the money from the two women whom she collected in various amounts on different dates for airfares to travel to Australia, Visa and for train fares in Australia.

The allegation states that, one of the victims also claim that the accused gave her a fake plane ticket as well.

The two alleged victim lodged their complaints to the police after the accused promise them for helping them to obtained their air fares and Visa did not happen after they gave her their money.

John Wesley Zoze of ODPP appears for the Crown and Lazarus Waroka of PSO act for the Sisifiu.