CRIME

Baker, 23, sentenced 6 months imprisonment for trespass, stealing

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3 years ago

November 12, 2021

Zainab Oyekan

An upper Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Friday sentenced a 23-year-old baker, Abdul Ahmad, to six months imprisonment for trespass and stealing.

A panel of two magistrates, Ghazali Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, who sentenced Ahmad after he pleaded guilty to the offences, however, gave him an option to pay a fine of N20,000.

The court said that the judgment would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal acts.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Monday Dabit, told the court that the case was reported on Sept. 7, at the ‘C’ Division Police Station by one Danladi Hassan, the complainant.

Dabit said that the convict was caught inside Hassan’s car, which was parked in front of his house.

“Three months ago, the convict was caught while stealing a cooker and pots worth N19, 000 from the complainant,” Dabit said.

The prosecutor said that the offences were punishable under sections 327, 57 and 272 of the Plateau State Penal Code.

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