Trader sentenced to 18 months in jail for theft
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 43-year-old trader, Pam Dung, to 18 months’ imprisonment for house breaking and theft.
Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos sentenced him, after he pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him.
The magistrate, however, gave the convict an option of a fine of N30,000.
She also ordered the convict to pay N300,000 as compensation to the complainant.
The prosecutor, Insp Daniel Longwant, told the court that the case was reported at the Angle-Jos Police Station on January 30 by one Samilla Nuhu, the complainant.
Mr Longwant said the convict broke into the house and stole household items, including a fridge, sewing machine, woofer speakers, pressing iron, stabiliser, gas cylinder, and mattress valued at N380,000.
(NAN)
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