An Area Court in Jos, on Monday sentenced a man, Aaron Amos, to 12 months imprisonment for stealing grinding machine parts worth N40,000
By Blessing Odega
An Area Court in Jos, on Monday sentenced a man, Aaron Amos, to 12 months imprisonment for stealing grinding machine parts worth N40,000 .
The Judge, Shawomi Bokkos, pronounced the jail term after Amos pleaded guilty to the offence.
Bokkos, gave the convict an option of N50,000 fine, and ordered him to pay a compensation of N20,000 to the complainant, Mr Abdul Yakubu.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Labaran Ahmed, told the court that the matter was reported at the Anglo-Jos Police Station Jos, on July 1.
Ahmed said that the convict broke into the complainant’s father’s shop and stole parts of a grinding machine valued N40,000.
The prosecutor further said that during police investigation, Amos confessed to have committed the offence.(NAN)
