Man jailed for failing to pay hotel bill
The Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced 28-year-old Christiano Mackay-Inler to three months’ imprisonment for failing to pay a N37,600 hotel bill.
Magistrate Abimbola Amole-Ajimoti convicted Mr Mackay-Inler, who pleaded guilty to the offence, without an option of fine.
The police charged Mr Mackay-Inler with two counts of obtaining money under false pretence and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
Ms Amole-Ajimoti held that the prosecution counsel had proven beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty of the charge against him.
Prosecution counsel Philip Amusan told the court that the convict committed the offence on February 12, at Plus One Hotel, Challenge, Ibadan.
Mr Amusan said the convict fraudulently tricked the manager, Oyebola Oyewale, into allowing him to lodge in the hotel for five days, knowing full well that he could not make payment.
He noted that the convict also conducted himself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by shouting and constituting nuisance in the public.
(NAN)
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