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Man Gets Custodial Sentence

Oct 26, 2009, 3:52 PM | Article By: Malamin Conteh

The Bundung Magistrate Court, presided over by Magistrate Lamin George has on 21st October 2009, convicted and sentenced one Lamin Kanyi to one year, 6 months mandatory jail term for stealing.

According to the charge sheet, on 13th October 2009, at Wellingara Village in Kombo North, the convict Lamin Kanyi stole one Fort fuel pump, valued at D3500, one Benz fuel pump, valued at D4000 and one Toyota fuel pump, valued at D3000, a total value of D10, 500, being the property of one Abdoulie Cham.

The convict admitted the fact as narrated by Prosecutor Sambou as the truth.

The convict, in his plea of mitigation, begged the court to temper justice with mercy, stating that he would never do it again.