Court jails carpenter 7 months, 10 strokes of cane for criminal trespass
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Carpenter
Abuja, Sept. 29, 2016 (NAN) A Gudu Upper Area Court , Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a carpenter, David Hassan, to 7 weeks imprisonment for criminal trespass.
The Upper Area court judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, sentenced Hassan, 20, of Durumi village, Abuja, after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of criminal trespass and attempt to commit offence.
Kagarko, however, ordered that the convict be flogged 10 strokes of cane and an option to pay N7, 000 as fines.
The prosecuting counsel, Mr John Ijagbemi, had informed the court that Adejomo Gbenga of Realm Glory Church, Area 1, Abuja, reported the matter at Durumi Police Station on Aug. 6
Ijagbemi told the court that on the same date the convict criminal trespassed into Realm Glory church Area 1, Abuja Church in other to commit an offence of theft.
He said that further investigation revealed that the convict sometime in the month of June 2016 broke into Living Faith School, Durumi, and stole some property.
Ijagbemi said that the convict stole two desk top computer, one television, bags of detergents and one of the desk top computer were recovered from him.
He added that police criminal records revealed that the convict was a habitual criminal.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened sections 342 and 95 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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