Gardener bags 4 months imprisonment for stealing turkeys, pot
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By Nana Musa
Abuja Sept.11, 2017 (NAN) A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a 56-year-old gardener, Kenneth Ikechukwu, to four months imprisonment for stealing four turkeys, a pot and other items.
The Judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict an option to pay N10, 000 fine.
Sadiq advised the convict to desist from committing crimes, adding that the sentence would serve as deterrent to would be offenders.
Ikechukwu, who resides at Kuje, FCT, was convicted on a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft.
The convict, who pleaded guilty to the charges, urged the court to tamper justice with mercy.
Earlier, Prosecutor Florence Auhioboh, had told the court that one Kpeku Gospel, of Army Officers Transit Camp, Life Camp, Abuja, reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station on Sept. 4.
Auhioboh said that the complainant reported that on Sept. 3, the convict jumped the fence into the camp and stole four turkeys and one Philips electric iron.
The convict also stole one car battery, one cooking pot and a pair of shoe.
Auhioboh said during police investigation, Ikechukwu confessed to the crime and the items, except one of the turkeys, were recovered from him.
The prosecutor said that the offences were punishable under Sections 348 and 288 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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