A magistrate’s court in Jos on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old driver, Victor Jonah, to one year’s imprisonment for stealing a phone from a tricycle.
The court ordered that the sentences should run concurrently. Additionally, the magistrate ordered the convict to pay N300,000 in compensation to the complainant.
The convict pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of breach of trust and cheating brought against him by the police.
The prosecutor further told the court that during a police investigation, Mr Usman had confessed to committing the offence.
The judge, Irene Pati, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
Mr Gokwat said the convict used a knife to intimidate the complainant’s 14-year-old daughter on her way from school.
The magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty to the charge.
A magistrate’s court in Jos sentenced a 26-year-old driver, Jacob Davou, to nine months in prison for theft on Tuesday.
Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
She also ordered him to pay N90,000 in compensation to the complainant and, in default, spend two years in prison.
