Security man jailed 3 months for stealing 2 necklaces

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Prison

Jos, March 21, 2017 (NAN) A Jos Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old security man, Samson Williams, to three months in prison, for stealing two necklaces and a face-cap valued at N6, 500.

Williams, who resides behind Police Field, Jos, was charged with theft.

The magistrate, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Mafuyai, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged the court for leniency.

The convict, in his plea, blamed hunger and the “devil” for his actions.

“It was hunger that made me do it; I was very hungry and wanted something to eat.

“I have not been paid salary for two months and wanted to sell the items so that I can have small money.

“It is the work of the devil, have mercy on me. I will not do it again,” he pleaded.

The magistrate, in her sentence, however, gave the convict a fine option of N3,000.

She said that the sentence was meant to serve as a deterrent to those who might want to engage in similar acts.

Earlier, the police prosecutor, Mr Yongu Terngu, had told the court that one Eunice John, who said she was a resident of Popular Hotel, Jos, reported the matter at the ‘A’ Division police station, on March 11.

Terngu alleged that the accused person went into the complainant’s hotel room, while she was away, and removed two necklaces and a face-cap all valued at N6, 500.

“The accused person was apprehended at the police field and when a search was conducted on him, the items were found on him,” he said.

The prosecutor further alleged that a mobile phone, a phone battery and a power bank, suspected to be stolen items, were also recovered from Williams.

He said that the offence contravened section 288 of the Penal Code. (NAN)

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Edited by Ephraims Sheyin