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Judge pays convict’s N700 fine

The Presiding Judge, Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Mr. Albert Maga, on Thursday
paid N700 fine on behalf of a labourer, Victor Emmanuel, 18, sentenced for theft of
cell phone.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the judge had sentenced the convict to
four years imprisonment for criminal trespass and theft of a Blackberry Curve 7
cell phone.
The judge gave the judgment after the accused pleaded guilty to the two-count
charge preferred against him.
Maga, however, gave the convict an option of N700 fine.
The judge, out of compassion, paid the N700 fine for the accused and urged him
to repent and get closer to God.
Earlier, the nominal complainant, Jude Mba, 26, an hotelier, told the court that on
April 13, he was charging his Blackberry cell phone in his hotel room and slept
off.
“I heard sound of noise and I opened my eyes.
“I saw the accused making call and entering the room; I went back to sleep again.
“When I woke up, I could not find my phone again and I reported the matter to the
police,” he said.
The convict, a resident of Aso, Mararaba, was arraigned on April 16 for criminal
trespass and theft.
On the same date, the prosecutor, PC Friday Adaji, told the court that on April 13,
Mba of Morning Star Guest Inn, Aso Pada, lodged complaints against the accused
at the Aso Pada Police Station.
He said the convict was later arrested with the cell phone in Aso Pada by the
police.
The convict pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for leniency.