…another bags three months for theft
For stealing a plastic worth N5,500, a 33-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour.
Owusu Hassan, who
the police said has no visible means of livelihood, was docked at an
Ikeja Magistrate’s Court charged with a breach of peace and theft.
The Prosecutor,
Augustine Orji, told the court that the convict conducted himself in a
manner that was likely to cause a breach and stole a plastic drum kept
in his premises.
Mr Orji said that the drum belonged to one Anthony Orazulume of 17, Oyewole Street, Agege, Lagos.
He said that the
convict committed the offence on December 12, adding that it was
punishable under Sections 249 (d) and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code,
Laws of Lagos State.
Mr Hassan pleaded
guilty to the charges and was subsequently sentenced by C. J. Mommodu
who said the punishment would serve as deterrent to others.
© News Agency of Nigeria
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