Mubarak Shuaibu, a resident of Ali Akilu Road Kaduna State would be lashed 10 strokes of cane for stealing eight aluminium windows.
A Chief Magistrate Court in the north western state presided over by Ibrahim Emmanuel, delivered the judgment after the convict pleaded for leniency.
He was convicted for criminal trespass and stealing.
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Emmanuel said the punishment would have been severe if he had not pleaded guilty, adding that the guilty plea had saved the court the pains of long prosecution.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the court the complainant, Usman Adamu, of Abakpa area in Kaduna, reported the matter at the Gabasawa Police Station on October 20.
Leo told the court that at about 9. 30 p.m, the convict criminally trespassed into the complainant’s building site and stole eight aluminum windows.
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He said the convict, who was apprehended and handed over to the police by a security guards, admitted to committing the crime.
The prosecutor added that during police investigations, the stolen aluminum windows were recovered from the convict
The prosecutor said the offences contravened the provisions of sections 348 and 217 of the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
