An Ondo man, Joseph Babatunde, was found guilty of committing another crime and was given a 14-year prison sentence by an Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court in Akure.
The personnel of the state police command allegedly detained 20-year-old barber Babatunde after he broke into and took a N1 million Toyota Hilux jeep engine.
Last week, he also broke into a store in Akure’s Ijoka neighbourhood on Araromi Street and took eighteen plastic chairs worth N87,000.
Later, he was charged with and arraigned on four counts that had to do with theft and break-in.
According to the prosecution, the offence committed contravened Sections 516 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Law of Ondo State, 2016. Babatunde pleaded guilty to the four counts.
In her ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs C.M. Omole, held that the prosecution’s uncontradicted evidence corroborated the defendant’s admission of the crime. She found Babatunde guilty of all the counts he was charged with and consequently sentenced him accordingly.
She sentenced the convict to four years in jail with hard labour each on counts one, two, and three, and two years in jail for count four with an option of N180,000 fine.
The magistrate however ruled that the jail term of a total of 14 years should run concurrently.
