Court sentences man to 10 weeks in prison for stealing BlackBerry phone

An upper Area court in Karu on Tuesday, sentenced Da-Silva Orok, of Nyanya, FCT, to 10 weeks in prison for stealing a blackberry phone.
The Magistrate, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, sentenced Orok, after he pleaded guilty to stealing.
Kagarko, however, ordered Orok to pay compensation fee of N12, 000 to Orji James, the complainant.

Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Silas Nanpan, told the court that on Sept. 15, the accused attacked and stole the phone from the complainant at a party.
Nanpan also alleged that the accused also made away with a wallet, containing N5, 070, Staff ID Card and one Ecobank ATM Card, all belonging to Orji.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code Law. (NAN)