A 22-year old unemployed man, Michael Chindo, has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for stabbing a lady with scissors in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Chindo, who resides in old Kutunku Abuja, was charged with criminal trespass, causing hurt and theft, he pleaded guilty to all charges.
The presiding Judge, Sani Umar, in his judgment, ordered the convict to pay N50,000 fine for each of the offence or serve a jail term of five months for each.
The judge said that the sentence would run consecutively.
According to Abdullahi Tanko, the Prosecution Counsel, the complainant, Mrs Florence Amah of no. 7 Praise Crescent old Kutunku, Gwaqwalada Abuja, reported the matter at Gwagwalada Police station on Aug. 26.
Tanko said that the convict had on the same date, criminally trespassed into the complainant’s daughter, Victoria’s room and used scissors to stab her on her shoulder and back.
He added that the convict stole Victoria’s Infinix Note 10 cell phone valued at N150,000 from her room after stabbing her.
Also, he said that the convict jumped through the fence and escaped to unknown destination and subsequently was arrested on Oct.16.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 348, 250 and 287 of the Penal Code.
Tanko in an oral application, prayed the court to award compensation for the stolen phone.
The judge, however asked the complainant to file a civil suit for compensation.
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