The prosecutor said the convict trespassed into the church premises and switched off their security lights but was caught.
The magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Mr Gokwat said that the offence contravened the provisions of the Plateau Penal Code.
Mr Bokkos, however, gave the convict the option to pay a N20,000 fine and also ordered him to pay N45,000 as compensation to the complainant.
On Monday, an area court in Jos sentenced a mason, Jude Danjuma, to three months imprisonment for unlawful possession of live cartridges.
On Wednesday, a magistrates’ court in Jos sentenced a 17-year-old labourer, Abubakar Adam, to nine months in the correctional centre for stealing phones.
The court also ordered the convict to pay compensation of N40,000 to the complainant.
An area court in Jos on Thursday sentenced two traders and a 17-year-old to nine months’ imprisonment for stealing a water pump.
A Jos Upper Area Court on Monday sentenced a farmer, Habibu Ali, to one-month imprisonment for concealing nine tubers of stolen yam.
A 17-year-old bricklayer David Akubu has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing a chicken by the Jos Upper Area Court at Kasuwan Nama in Jos.
