A 28 year old man was given jail time on Monday for stealing seven pieces of meat from a pot.
The ruling happened in an Ota Magistrates’ Court where the man was sentenced to one month in prison for breaking into a shop and stealing seven pieces of meats from a pot.
However, Miss Temitope Adebutu, the magistrate on seat gave the convict an option of N5,000 fine instead.
Proscutor, Rosemary Brown told the court that the incident happened on June 25th by about 6 a.m when the accused broke into the shop of the complainant, Akinola Olamilekan, and stole seven pieces of meat from the pot pot valued at N700.
Brown said that the offences contravened Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Revised Laws of Ogun, 2006.
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