Teenage Boy Sentenced To 4 Months In Prison For Stealing Spaghetti and Noodles

Hillary Yunana

Teenage Boy Sentenced To 4 Months In Prison For Stealing Spaghetti and Noodles

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-medium-font-size">A 19-year-old teenage boy&comma; Hillary Yunana&comma; a student&comma; had been sentenced to four months imprisonment for stealing spaghetti&comma; noodles&comma; and cash from a local shop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The 19-year-old student&comma; a resident of Bassa village&comma; along airport road&comma; Abuja&comma; was charged with burglary and theft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Screen-Shot-2022-03-17-at-4&period;46&period;42-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-142517"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In his ruling on Thursday&comma; March 17&comma; the Judge&comma; Sani Umar&comma; sentenced Yunana after he pleaded guilty to the offense and begged the court for leniency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Umar&comma; however&comma; gave the convict an option to pay N10&comma; 000 for each of the offenses&comma; or serve a jail term of two months each for the offenses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said that the sentence would run concurrently and warned him to desist from committing crime in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The judge said the sentence would serve as deterrence to anyone who wants to tow that depraved path in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; the prosecution counsel&comma; Abudulahi Tanko&comma; told the court the convict had broken and entered the shop of Gift Ugochukwu&comma; of the same address on March 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Tanko said that the convict had stolen seven pieces of spaghetti&comma; five pieces of noodles and a cash sum of N10&comma;000&comma; all valued at N13&comma;000&comma; an offence that contravened the provisions of Sections 346 and 287 of the Penal Code&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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