25-Year-old Shoe Repairer Gets 25 Years For Bobbing Student Of Laptops And Phones

25-year-old cobbler, Joseph Jericho, was, on Friday, sentenced to 25-year imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for stealing two laptops and three mobile phones from a student.

Jericho of No. 14, Church St., Ilaje, Ebute Meta, Lagos, was charged for conspiracy and armed robbery.

Handing down her verdict, Justice Raliatu Adebiyi, said the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubts.

She said: “The defendant is hereby sentenced to 25 years in prison each for the offences of conspiracy to commit armed robbery.

“The sentence shall run concurrently and shall begin from the period of his remand.”

During the trial, Mr. S.A. Aigoro, the counsel to the defendant, had appealed to the court to temper justice
with mercy.

“The defendant has been in prison custody since 2011. I pray that this court has mercy on him.”

Source: Punch