NAN-H-73
Theft
By Imelda Osayande
Benin, Sept. 15, 2016 (NAN) Two men, Kingsley Ebose; 25 and Happy Okotie, 19., were on Thursday sentence to six years imprisonment each by an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin for stealing.
The Magistrate, Mrs RacheaI Ogbevoen, found the convicts fguilty of the two count charge of breaking and entering and stealing.
Egbevoen, however, did not give the convicts an option of fine.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Patrick Agbonifo, told the court that te convicts committed the offences on Aug. 25, at New Benin in Benin.
Agbonifo said they broke into, Tessy Okpebiye, the complainant’s store, at night and stole one Nokia battery, two Samsung galaxy Cellphones, one laptop and N17,000 cash all totaling N235.000.
He said the offence contravened sections 516, and 411 of the Criminal Code . (NAN)
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(Edited by Kevin Okunzuwa//Felix Nwadioha)