Court jails 19-year-old labourer to 3 months in prison for stealing building materials
Moses John, a 19-year-old labourer, has been jailed on Friday, to three months imprisonment for stealing building materials by an Upper Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos.
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Judge Lawan Suleiman, sentenced John after he pleaded guilty to the theft, and gave him an option to pay a fine of N5,000.
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He said that the judgment would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal acts.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Monday Dabit told the court that the case was reported at the Anglo-Jos Police Station on Oct. 15, by Sunday Tuwan of Good and Base, Jos, who was the complainant.
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Dabit said that the convict broke into a new building site and stole building materials worth N58,000.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 336 and 273 of the Plateau State Penal Code Law.
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