Man jailed 10 months for stealing neighbour’s refrigerator, TV worth N500,000
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Abba Danladi, to 10-month imprisonment for stealing his neighbour’s refrigerator and television worth N500,000.
Danladi, who resides in Kawo area of Kaduna State, was convicted of conspiracy, housebreaking, and theft.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced him after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for forgiveness.
Mr Emmanuel, however, gave the convict an option of a fine of N15, 000 and also ordered him to restitute the N500,000 to the complainant, Rebecca Victor.
He held that if the convict failed to restitute the N500,000, he would serve additional 11 months imprisonment.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the court that the complainant of the same address with the defendant reported the matter at the Kawo Police Station, on May 29.
Mr Leo said at about 4.20 p.m. on May 28, the complainant returned from work and discovered that some persons had broken into her room through the window and made away with her refrigerator and television.
He added that in the course of the investigation, the convict was arrested and when interrogated, he confessed to being one of the perpetrators of the crime.
The prosecutor said that the defendant committed the crime with two other persons now at large.
He said the offence contravened the provisions of the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
(NAN)
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