A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 28-year-old woman, Theresa Albert, to four months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone valued at N290, 000.
Albert of Angwan Shahu Karmo was arraigned on a one-count charge of stealing.
Theresa was sentenced after she pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for leniency.
The Judge, Mr. Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave the convict an option of N20, 000 fine and warned her to desist from crime.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Mrs. Florence Auhioboh, had told the court that one Sharon Michael of Utako village, Abuja, reported the matter at Utako Police Station on January 30.
“On January 17, the complainant’s who was a boyfriend to the accused took her to St. Matthias Hotel Utako.
“The defendant dishonestly and smartly stole the complainant’s phone worth N290, 000 and N26, 000 cash,” Auhioboh said.
She said the accused ran away to an unknown destination, and from there she paid N70, 000 to the complainant.
The prosecutor told the court that the accused was arrested at Utako village on January 30.
She said all efforts to recover the stolen cell phone were unsuccessful.
Auhioboh said during police investigation, the defendant confessed to having sold the phone for N65, 000.
According to her, the offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code.
- NAN