16th December, 2024
By Zainab Oyekan
A 26-year-old mechanic in Jos identified as Sadiq Umar has been sentences to 15 months imprisonment for pickpocketing from passengers.
Umar who was docked before Magistrates’ Court on Monday pleaded guilty to the charge filed against him by the police.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Ijuptil Thiawur , told the court that the case was reported on Nov.16, at the “A” Division Police station by Moses Pam, Alexander Bakshak and Simon Justice the complaints..
Thiawur said that the convict attempted to steal from them before he was caught in the act and when the driver stopped the vehicle to search him he fled but was caught.
The Police said that the offence contravened the Plateau Penal Code Law.
The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Bokkos in his judgment, ordered the convict to pay an option of N100, 000 fine or spend one year in prison.
He also asked him to pay a compensation of N15, 000 or an additional three months in prison in default.