A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that an 18-year-old student, Victor Obadiah, be given six strokes of cane for stealing a phone.
Obadiah, who resides at Kado village, Abuja, had pleaded guilty to a count charge of theft.
The Judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, gave the order after the convict pleaded guilty, and begged the court to temper justice with mercy.
He said that the court might not be lenient with him the next time he appeared before it.
The Prosecutor, Mrs Florence Avhioboh, had told the court that the matter was reported by one Deyoung Ikpi of Dape village, Abuja, at the Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, on Feb.10.
She said that the convict on that same date, snatched the complainant’s phone from him at Angwa Cement Bus Stop, Abuja, while going home.
Avhioboh said the convict was chased and caught while the complainant recovered his phone.
The prosecutor said during police investigation the convict confessed to the crime.
She said that the offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code. (NAN)