LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman, Linda David, to two years imprisonment for stealing underwear.
Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced David earlier today, after she pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for leniency.
According to him, the judgement would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal act.
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The Prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo told the court that David committed the offence on 12 May, at Trinity Supermarket along Ahmadu Bello Way Kaduna.
According to Leo, the defendant went into the supermarket and stole 20 pairs of panties, 20 pieces of boxers and 15 bras all valued at N115,000.
He stated that the defendant was caught and handed over to the police by the security officer of the supermarket who noticed she had hidden some of the stolen items under her clothes.
The Prosecutor added that the offence contravened Section 217 of the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.