A Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Monday sentenced a 22 year old man, Abubakar Shuaibu, to 6 months in prison and 10 strokes of the cane for stealing a plasma television.
Shuaibu was arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, housebreaking and theft.
The judge, Malam Musa Sa’ad-Goma, however, gave the convict an option of N 4,000 fine on each charge.
Shuabiu who resides at Lokoja Road, Riagasa area of Kaduna was convicted after he pleaded guilty to the charges. The convict, a phone repairer, however, pleaded for leniency.
According to him, he followed his friend named Alanta, to a house where they broke into. Alanta jumped over the fence, while he waited outside; he stole the TV and gave him to put it up for sale. He has begged for mercy as it is his first attempt at stealing.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Aliyu Ibrahim, revealed that Shuaibu was arrested on April 19 at old Panteka Market in Kaduna, while trying to sell the stolen television set.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 117,178 and 139 of the Sharia Penal Code of Kaduna State.