With the help of an alert security
system and CCTV cameras, a suspect was nabbed and slammed with a
three-count charge of criminal trespass, shop breaking and attempt to
commit an offence of theft at Shoprite’s cash room in Abuja.
A 30-year-old man identified as Hassan
Jamilu, who was paraded at a Gudu Upper Area Court sitting in Abuja on
Monday, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for breaking into Shoprite’s
cash room and attempting to break the safe.
Alhaji Umar Kagarko, who is the court
judge, gave Jamilu an option of fine in the sum of N30,000 and warned
him to desist from committing crimes, adding that the plaintiff, as a
private organisation should file a civil matter for compensation.
The suspect was earlier arraigned on a
three-count charge of criminal trespass, shop breaking and attempt to
commit an offence of theft.
The Prosecutor, Patrick Ebong, had told
the court that one Harrison Jatau of Pavilion Security Limited, Shoprite
mall, Apo, Abuja, reported the matter at the Apo Police Station on
April 25.
He said Jamilu criminally trespassed
into the said mall through the backyard, climbed the fence to the roof
top and broke into the ceiling. He said the convict used a robe and
dropped down into the cash room of the mall and attempted to break the
safe.
Vanguard reported that the security
alarm blew and the convict narrowly escaped and was eventually caught
and arrested by the police on Aug. 15, after he was also captured by the
CCTV installed within the rooms of the mall.
The prosecutor said that the offence
contravened Sections 348, 355 and 95 of the Penal Code. He also said the
convict was arrested with pliers, scissors, two screw drivers, one
flame mate burner and its gas, rain coat robe and an umbrella.
Jamilu pleaded guilty and asked for leniency.
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