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A 23-year old man, Segun Bankole, has
been sentenced to two and half years in prison by the Ebute Meta
Magistrate’s Court, after pleading guilty to two counts of stealing.
He was said to have been apprehended by a
passerby at Iganmu Bridge area of Lagos State after snatching an LG
X330T phone valued at N15, 000, property of one Ezeani Cynthia.
The police said Bankole admitted to committing the crime together with another suspect who is now at large.
The prosecutor, Inspector George Nwosu,
said the accused led the police to the scene of the crime with the hope
of apprehending his accomplice, but he was not found.
He said, “On July 16, 2013 at 8pm, at
Iganmu Bridge in Lagos State, one Mrs Ezeanu Cynthia was passing on the
road when Bankole and one other person presently at large accosted and
snatched her LGX330 T handset.
“In the process of escaping, they were
pursued by a passerby, Nkwocha Patrick, based on the alarm raised by
Cynthia. Having arrested the defendant, he was taken to Iponri Police
Station where he confessed to the crime.
“The Investigating Police Officer and
the defendant were taken to the scene to arrest the second person, but
he was nowhere to be found.”
The magistrate, Mr. T. Abolarinwa, said
the defendant deserved to be kept away from society, having confessed to
serving an earlier term in Kirikiri Maximum Prison.
Abolarinwa said, “One does not need to be a sorcerer or a prophet to know that stealing has become part and parcel of his life.
“The right thing to do is to keep him
away from society so that he will not be able to corrupt society and
also reduce the stress in combating crime.
“Maybe in detention, the spirit of God will change him.”
Abolarinwa, thereafter, convicted Bankole of the charges and sentenced him to two and half years in prison.
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