Abuja prostitute sentenced to 100 days imprisonment for stealing customer's N500k
A prostitute who is said to be 23 year old with name Rosemary Ebikeme has been given a 100 days sentence to prison by a court in Abuja court for stealing athe sum $3,200 (N500,000) customer.
The senior magistrate,of the court named Abdulahi Ilaleh, in Life Camp Senior magistrate’s court, Abuja, has convicted Rosemary after she pleaded guilty to a one-count charge, however, she was given an option of N5,000 fine.
The senior magistrate cautioned the convict to abstaineher self from crime, saying that the sentence would serve as a lesson to others.
the prosecutor with name Ona Odigiri had told the court that on 4 th september one Aleixandre Sachir of Life Camp, reported the matter to the Life Camp Police Station. Odigirif told the court that the complainant met the convict in a cinema hall and took her to a hotel called Waxride .
the prosecutor also said that when the convict came back to complain on September 4, she was arrested and handed over to the police. The convict, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court to render justice with mercy on her. She said:
“Please have mercy on me; I am a student and I am only looking for money to pay my school fees. I stole the money to do business so that I will stop selling my body for money. Please forgive me. “I stole the money from him, even though he paid me N5,000 for my service, please have mercy in God’s name.”
the prosecutor with name Ona Odigiri said the offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code Law.
Source: Vanguard
