MAN
GETS TWO-MONTH JAIL TERM FOR STEALING N170
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Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday
sentenced one Wisdom Gabriel, 22, to two months imprisonment for stealing N 170
at a chemist’s shop in old Karmo Market.
The judge,
Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict N5,000 option of fine. The
judge said that the sentence would serve as deterrent to others that may be
tempted to commit similar crime.
Gabriel who
resides at Aiko Estate, Life Camp Gwarinpa, pleaded with the judge to tamper
justice with mercy.
He was found guilty on a count charge of stealing a box containing N170.
He was found guilty on a count charge of stealing a box containing N170.
The
convict told the court that satan pushed him into the crime.
Earlier, the
prosecutor, Zannah Dalhatu, told the court that one Helen Atusu of old Karmo
arrested and brought the convict to Karmo Police Station, on March 24, 2017.
Dalhatu said that the
complainant said that on the same date, the convict broke into her chemist’s
shop at old Karmo Market and made away with her box containing N170.
She raised an alarm
which led to the arrest of the convict with the help of one chukwuma Eze. The
prosecutor said that the offence is punishable under Section 287 of the Penal
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