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A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered that a teenager be given 10 strokes of the cane for breaking into a house and stealing electrical cables worth N450, 000.
The magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, gave the sentence following a guilty plea by the 18-year-old boy, who resides at Kinkinau Kaduna.
Emmanuel said the light punishment was because the convict saved the court from a prolonged trial, adding that he hoped that it would serve as a deterrent to others.
He also ordered that the recovered electrical cables be returned to the complainant, Sadiq Yusuf.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, told the court that the convict committed the offence on May 17 at Ungwan Sarki, Kaduna.
