There was a mild drama at the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos,
Southwest Nigeria recently when an ex-convict, Augustine Anthony, who
was facing another criminal charge informed the presiding magistrate,
Mrs M. B. Folami that he has just finished serving a prison term a week
before he was arraigned and she should be lenient with him by giving him
a mild jail term.
This
generated laughter in the court as the magistrate told him that she
observed that he was a regular guest at the Kirikiri Maximum Security
Prisons in Lagos and would be lenient with him.
The convict also confessed to the magistrate during sentencing that he has no visible means of livelihood.
P.M.NEWS learnt that he has been in and out of prison at Kirikiri over the years because of the various crimes he committed.
Anthony
also pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing preferred against him and
was sentenced under Section 34 of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State
of Nigeria.
A week after he was released from prison, P.M.NEWS gathered that he was arrested and arraigned before the court again for stealing properties worth N700,000.
He was alleged to have burgled a house at 24 Morakinyo Street Ejigbo and stole properties belonging to Vincent Alumona.
The
properties he stole include a plasma television, fans, cables and
others. He allegedly kept the stolen goods with a security guard in the
area.
He was later arrested with the security guard.
He confessed to the police and the court that he stole the items to start a business after he came out of prison.
He
also told the police that he has not been in touch with his family in
Isoko in Delta State to seek their assistance to set up a business.
After
listening to him, the magistrate sentenced him to eight months
imprisonment without an option of fine. The court also ordered that he
should go back to his family in the village after serving his term.
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