An Upper Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has sentenced a man, Kefas Joshua, to one-year imprisonment for stealing a he-goat.
The police charged Joshua with criminal trespass and theft, contrary to Sections 327 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code.
The judge, Mr George Gwani, sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment with an option to pay a fine of N5000 for criminal trespass.
Gwani also sentenced the convict to one-year imprisonment for stealing, with an option of N20, 000 fine.
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Gwani said the two sentences are to run concurrently.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Esther Bishen, told the court that one Sunday Biam of Afana reported the matter at the station on August 3.
Bishen said the defendant stole the complainant’s he-goat worth N60, 000.
He alleged that the defendant was a known criminal in the community.
When the charge was read to Joshua, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency. (NAN)
