19-Year-Old Gets Strokes Of Cane As Punishment For Stealing iPhones
Faith Ukanwa
Oct 15, 2021
A Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court on Friday ordered that Nurudeen Kasim, 19, be given 12 strokes of the cane in open court for allegedly stealing two iPhones.
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The police charged Kasim, who resides in Degel I, Kaduna with housebreaking and theft.
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Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Kasim after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
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Emmanuel said that the light punishment was because Kasim saved the court from a prolonged trial but hoped that it would serve as a deterrent to others, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
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He warned the teenager to shun crime.
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Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Chidi Leo told the court that the convict committed the offence on October 6 in Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna.
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Leo said the convict broke into the apartment of Hassan Liman, the complainant and stole two iPhones worth N350,000.
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The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of section 271 and 207 of the Kaduna State Pedal Code Law, 2017.
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