A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced a 22- year-old man, Anthony Joshua, to three months imprisonment for stealing an Andriod mobile phone, valued at N90,000.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji, summarily tried and convicted the defendant on the charge of stealing, following his guilty plea.
“This sentence will serve as a warning to other criminals that crime of any form does not pay.
“Joshua is, therefore, sentenced to three months in prison with hard labour or payment of N30,000 fine.
“The mobile phone is restituted to the complainant,” Latunji ruled.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Oluseye Akinola, told the court that Joshua committed the crime on July 29 at about 5.30 p.m. at Palm Cushion Restaurant, Felele area of Ibadan.
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Akinola said that the defendant stole a phone belonging to Esther Sunday at a restaurant and pretended that he wanted to use the rest room.
He said that the defendant was caught by the vigilant security guard when he attempted to leave the restaurant with the stolen phone. (NAN)
