NAN-H-48
Sentence
By Blessing Ibegbu
Mararaba, (Nasarawa State), Jan. 3, 2018 (NAN) A Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa State, on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Victor Stephen to six months imprisonment for causing grievous hurt.
The Judge, Ibrahim Shekarau said he based his judgment on the evidence before the court and the guilty plea of the convict.
The judge, who passed judgment on Stephen, also gave him an option of N5, 000 fine.
Shekarau also ordered the convict to pay the sum of N10, 000 to the nominal complainant as cost of prosecuting the case.
The convict, who resides behind Yahooza Suya Joint, Mararaba, was arraigned on a count charge bordering on causing grievous hurt.
He admitted to the crime and pleaded for mercy.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Hamen Donald, had told the court that Josiah of Aunty Alice Road, Mararaba reported the matter at `A’ Police Division, Mararaba on Dec. 22, 2017 at about 4 p.m.
Donald said the complainant alleged that, while going home, the convict attacked, beat him up and inflicted serious injury on him at Aso Junction, Mararaba.
The prosecutor also said that the offences contravened Sections 241 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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Edited by Ese E. Ekama