An Abuja Magistrate Court last Thursday sentenced a 22-year-old applicant to three months imprisonment for attempting to snatch a lady’s handbag along Airport Road, Abuja.
John Kenneth of Lugbe, Abuja, was convicted for attempting to commit an offence, punishable under Section 95 of the Penal Code.
The police prosecutor, Paul Anigbo, informed the court that on March 1, a team of policemen led by Corporal Friday Yohanna, attached to Lugbe Division, arrested the accused person while trying to commit an offence by the fence of Voice of Nigeria Estate along Airport Road at 7:30 pm.
He said the police team sighted the accused and one of his friends trying to snatch a lady’s bag but the accused was caught in the process.
“The accused was in possession of a knife and a scissors when he was arrested and he confessed to the crime during police investigation,” the prosecutor said.
When the charge was read to the accused, he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency, while the prosecutor asked for his summary trial.
Magistrate Tony Ubani sentenced the accused to three months in prison or to pay N10,000 as fine.
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