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27-year old theft suspect, Marvellous Moris, has allegedly confessed in
court that hunger drove him into stealing a handset in a cosmetic
store.The suspect protested Monday at a Lagos court for being charged to court after the police had recovered the stolen item from him.
He said he was not a big-time thief and the police should not have charged him to court because they have recovered the phone from him, adding that he only stole it to sell and buy food to eat.
Morris blamed the police for his predicament, confessing that he had to steal in order to make ends meet.
He said nobody, including the police, bothered to ask him whether he had eaten the day he stole.
“I did not eat a day before I stole and there was no hope of eating that day. So I tried to find a way to survive,” he said.
Morris said he pleaded with the police to release him because he was not a big-time thief but they went ahead to charge him to court.
“Everybody is interested in calling me a thief and nobody knows what led me to stealing,” he lamented.
The Edo-State born suspect explained that he is from a poor family and he had looked for job but did not find any, so he had to steal to survive.
Morris was arrested at 2, Temidara Street LIasu Road , Egbe Idimu, Idimu, Lagos where he allegedly stole a Samsung hand set worth N18,000 belonging to James Nwanuji, under false pretense that he wanted to buy some items in the cosmetic store. He was caught later when he allegedly went to sell it.
Morris was handed over to the police at Idimu Division for theft and the handset was tendered as exhibit.
When asked whether he went to the shops to buy items, he said he went there only to steal.
Morris is now facing one-count charge of stealing before the court where he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The presiding Magistrate, Mr P. E. Nwaka, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He was remanded in prison custody because he did not meet his bail condition.
The matter was adjourned till 13 November for mention. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Pls they should release him na, na hunger make am do am. The government should help him with some job to manage with so he will not go into stealing again
ReplyDeleteWhat about our ministers, senators, governors etc wey dey steal our money on daily basis to other countries, make una go arrest those na.
ReplyDeletenow look at it and tomoro we shl say we hv gud leaders, why not offer job to dis person so dat he can be save out of dis act of stealing
ReplyDeleteThe poor boy just confessed that he had nothing to eat that's why he went ahead to steal so he can feed him self. now you are asking him for #50,000.you know he can't afford that huge amount of money. why not tell him that his going to spend one or two tears in prison instead of keeping. In prison with no hope. Am not saying what he did was good but let's be considerate. let's stop this wickedness of ours and please remember its phone not car.
ReplyDeleteThank u anon 12:13am. How can they ask someone that doesn't even have money to buy food to pay 50k, my brother that's wickedness. Government should look 4 a way to help these youths and I bet u that will definitely stop them from stealing. Mind u we are not saying what d boy did is good, but hunger don waya u b4? So tey u no go know when u go do some unimaginable things. Pls. They should release him and try and give him something to do. Pls we should help our fellow humans, people are dying everyday of hunger everyday. May God help us.
ReplyDeletewell,hunger cannot be an alibi to commit crime.However, the judge can excise his discretion to know whether this can mitigate the consequent punishment. Moris will learn that legal truth now. However, Moris is only looking for an excuse.Some people who are healthy will never still because of hunger rather they do odd jobs.It is the same reason that this boy gave that drives many able bodied people to that to begging,but give them a small job and they will run away.So,magistrate over to you.
ReplyDeleteI thought it wise that Moris should be release on the basis of his confession.
ReplyDeleteI am not supporting what Morris did but sending him to remand with harden criminals will only end up making him a big time criminal like godogodo.
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