An 18-year-old student identified Solomon Paul, has bagged six months imprisonment for stealing a sewing machine worth N70,000.
He was sentenced by an Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Thursday.
Paul was sentenced by the presiding judge, Lawal Suleiman, after pleading guilty to the one-count charge of theft and begged the court for leniency.
The judge, however, gave the Paul an option of a N10,000 fine.
He ordered the convict to return the sewing machine or the value to the complainant.
The Prosecution Counsel, Ibrahim Gowkat, had earlier told the court that the case was reported at the ‘B’ division Police station Jos, on Sept. 29, by Dachomo Pam, the complainant.
Gowkat further told the court, that during police investigation, the convict confessed he sold the sewing machine for N1,500 to someone.
He said the convict is a habitual criminal, adding that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 72 of the Plateau Penal Code law of Northern Nigeria.
