Man jailed 18 months for stealing girlfriend’s jewellery 

A 32-year-old man, Kenneth James, was connected Wednesday sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by a Kaduna magistrates’ tribunal for stealing jewellery worthy N860,000 belonging to his girlfriend.

James pleaded blameworthy to a one-count complaint of stealing earlier Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who sentenced him to 18 months’ imprisonment, with an enactment of a N50,000 fine.

The magistrate besides ordered him to refund N860,000 to the complainant, Miss Vivian Gideon.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Emmanuel said the convict would service an further 10 months’ imprisonment if helium failed to refund the wealth to the complainant.

The magistrate warned James against committing further offences aft serving his sentence, urging him to beryllium of bully behaviour and abide by the law.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the tribunal that the complainant reported the lawsuit astatine Gabasawa Police Station connected October 5, 2026.

Leo said the convict, who was the complainant’s boyfriend, stole her golden earrings and necklace portion she was distant connected a trip.

He said the convict confessed during constabulary investigations to selling the stolen items.

According to the prosecution counsel, the offence contravened the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017.

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