Court jails man 4 months for housebreaking
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Jail
By Ugochi Ugochukwu
Abuja, Oct. 18, 2016 (NAN) A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentence a 25-year- old man, Abubakar Lawal, to four months imprisonment for housebreaking and causing hurt.
Lawal of Kuchigoro village, Airport Road, Abuja, had pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of housebreaking attempt to commit
theft and causing hurt.
The Area Court judge, Sadiq Abubakar, did not give the convict an option of fine, and said that the punishment would serve as deterrent to others.
He warned the convict to desist from committing crime after his prison term.
Prosecutor Dalhatu Zannah told the court that Rita Bisong of Jabi Daki Biyu reported the matter to Life Camp Police
Station on Oct. 4.
Zannah said that the convict broke the complainant’s bathroom wall and enter her bedroom at about 4:30 a.m. .
He said that in the process of entering the room the convict was caught by the complainant’s neighbours, Tochukwu Nnodu, and Nnodu
Austin.
He stressed that on the process of blocking the convict he brought out knife and scissors, stabbed Austin on his leg and inflicted injury on Tochukwu.
Zannah told the court that they were rushed to the hospital and the complainant spent N35, 000 for their treatment.
He said that the convict made a confessional statement, the knife and scissors were recovered
The prosecutor said the offence contravened sections, 346, 95 and 244 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha