NAN-H-37
Stealing
Lagos, Feb. 20, 2018(NAN) A 23-year-old man, Stephen Sunday, on Tuesday in an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos pleaded guilty to stealing 35 side glasses of different vehicles under repairs in a mechanic village.
Sunday, appeared before the court on a charge of stealing which he pleaded guilty to.
The Magistrate, Mrs Fowowe Erusiafe said that the defendant should be kept in police custody and adjourned the matter until Feb. 26 for possible facts and sentencing.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Courage Ekhiorahan said that Sunday committed the offence on Feb. 19, about midnight at Otumara Mechanic Village, Ilaje at Costain.
He submitted that the defendants had entered into the mechanic village and removed 35 side glasses of various vehicles that were undergoing repairs at the workshop.
Ekhiorahan said the offense contravened Section 287 (1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which stipulates seven year jail term for offenders. (NAN)
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Edited by Ifeyinwa Okonkwo/Maureen Atuonwu