Samuel, who broke into the beer parlour located at CBN Road in Jos metropolis, at 3 a.m. on Christmas night, stole “some cartons of alcoholic drinks’’.
The drinks, including some bottles of whiskey, were valued at N5,000.
When the case came up for hearing, the accused quickly pleaded guilty to the charge.
Prosecutor Ado Ali, who handled the matter, told the court that the offences were contrary to section 287 of Penal Code.
The trial decide, Mrs Talatu Gada, who agreed with the prosecution, however, gave the convict an choice of N6,000 fine.
Ali had told the court that the accused was caught with the stolen things when a security guard at the Civil Service Club sighted him, whereas making an attempt to flee with the loot.
“The security guard raised an alarm, that attracted the police, who apprehended him,’’ Ali told the court.
The prosecutor tendered some bottles of whiskey and beer as exhibits to support his case.
Gada suggested the convict to be of fine behaviour when his jail term, and warned that he wouldn't get another light-weight sentence if he ever appeared before the court over an analogous offence. (NAN)
source: vanguard nigeria
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