From Our Correspondent
A 26-year-old labourer, Friday Joseph, will spend 10 months in a correctional facility for stealing N250,000, a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court ruled on Tuesday.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Joseph after he pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of conspiracy, breaking-in and theft.
Emmanuel, however, gave Joseph an option of a N30,000 fine.
He also ordered the convict to pay N40,000 as compensation to the nominal complainant for expenses.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the complainant, Vincent Nathan, reported the case on Sept. 20 at the Gabasawa Police Station.
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Leo said the convict, with two others still at large, conspired and broke into the complainant’s house and stole N250,000 and two phones valued at N210,000.
He said the Police arrested the convict when the complainant raised an alarm while his accomplice ran away.
The offence, according to the prosecutor, is punishable under sections 59, 336 and 217 of the Kaduna Penal Code, 2017.
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