A Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom in Jos, on Monday, sentenced a 26-year-old labourer, Abraham John, to 18 months in jail for stealing three baggage of cement.
The Justice of the Peace, Irene Pati, summarily tried and sentenced the convict, who pleaded responsible to the cost.
Pati, in her judgment, nonetheless, gave the convict an choice of a superb of N20,000 or six months for trespass.
The convict can be to spend one yr in jail for theft or pay a superb of N30,000.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Ijuptil Thiawur, advised the courtroom that the case was reported on the Gada Biu Police Station on Sept. 2 by one Samuel Danchung, the complainant.
Thiawur mentioned that the convict trespassed and stole the cement the place they have been stored on the complainant’s home earlier than he was caught.
He mentioned that throughout the police investigation, the three baggage of cement have been recovered from the convicts.
He added that the offence contravened the Plateau Penal Code Regulation.
