Court in Benin jails 23-year-old man 3 months for stealing friend’s phone
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Stealing
Monday Ajogun
Benin, Oct. 26, 2016 (NAN) An Egor Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Marcus Agabi, to three months imprisonment for stealing his friend’s Sunny phone.
Magistrate E.E Edokpayi, who sentenced Agabi after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge, gave him an option to pay N30,000 as fine.
Edokpayi decried the manner the convict breached the trust his friend reposed on him.
Agabi was arraigned on a one-charge of stealing his friend’s phone, which he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.
“I begged for forgiveness, this is my first time of stealing, I don’t know how it happened. My poor background is the major cause, why am not doing well in life, ” he said.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Violent Soyemi, had told the court that the offence was committed on Oct. 5 at, at No 11, Agbonta Street, off Channel 55 Road, Egor Quarter, Benin.
Soyemi said the convict came to pass the night at Godspower’s house who happened to be his friend but when he woke up, he discovered that the convict stole his phone.
She said the phone valued at N18,000, belonged to Agbonta.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha