Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Abdulhamed Mohammed, to two months imprisonment for mischief.

Mohammed, a resident of Jabi Park, Abuja, was convicted on a count charge of mischief, an offence contrary to Section 327 of the Penal code.

Mohammed admitted committing the offence and begged for leniency.

The judge, Sadiq Abubakar, however, gave the convict an option to pay N20, 000 fine, saying that the punishment would serve as a deterrent to others.


 
Sadiq also ordered the convict to pay N20,000 as compensation to the complainant.

The prosecutor, Mrs Florence Auhioboh,  had told the court that one Igwenagu Jude, the complainant, of Jabi Park Abuja, reported the matter at Utako Police Station on June 15.

Auhioboh told the court that the convict committed the offence on the same date, at Jabi area at about 4 a.m.

The prosecutor said the convict criminally and intentionally broke the complainant’s car windscreen for no just cause.

She said that the convict was arrested and handed over to the police immediately.

Auhioboh said that during police investigation, the convict confessed to the crime, adding that the stereo he stole was recovered from him.