A READING woman has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for perverting the course of justice.
Bintu Conteh, aged 39 and of Frilsham Road, Tilehurst, was found guilty by a unanimous jury of one count of perverting the course of justice at a trial at Reading Crown Court which concluded on Wednesday, May 24.
It follows the murder of Raheem Hanif in Tilehurst back in 2021, when he was stabbed to death in Dulnan Close.
Four people were jailed as a result of the incident, including Conteh’s son, Sheku, now aged 19, who was handed a four-year jail sentence after being convicted of manslaughter and grievous bodily harm.
Bintu Conteh made a false report to Thames Valley Police regarding the robbery of a mobile in an attempt to prevent her son from being implicated in Raheem’s death.
The phone was often used by Sheku, so on February 8, 2021, she called 999 and reported the phone’s theft to avoid police investigations linking the phone to him.
Senior investigating officer Detective Superintendent Stuart Bosley, of the Major Crime Unit, said: “Bintu Conteh deliberately attempted to frustrate our investigation into the death of Raheem Hanif, and knowingly misled police by telling lies around the theft of her phone, which was linked to her son, Sheku.
“Offences such as this may seem trivial to some, but seeking to harm investigations in the manner that Bintu Conteh did will never be tolerated and we will are absolutely committed to protecting the criminal justice process to bring offenders before the courts.”
