20-year-old Sentenced To Three Months Community Service For Stealing A Blackberry Phone

An Oshodi Magistrates’ court in Lagos has sentenced 20-year-old Samuel Emmanuel to three months community service after he pleaded guilty to stealing a Blackberry mobile phone valued at N21,000.

The Magistrate, Mr Akeem Fashola, ruled: “You (Emmanuel) are hereby sentenced to three months community service without an option of fine since you have pleaded guilty to the charge.”

Fashola said the accused should serve the punishment within Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area.

Police prosecutor, Cpl. Kehinde Olatunde, had earlier told the court that the accused committed the offence on August 9 at Odalume Street, Sogunle.

Olatunde said the accused stole the phone belonging to Dolapo Audu, where he was charging it.

“Audu was charging his phone at a viewing centre when the accused, who came pretending he wanted to play games, stole it.

“When the accused was arrested the following day, he confessed that he had sold the phone to someone in Ikeja Computer Village for N10,000.”

Olatunde said the offence contravened Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.