BY DAUD  OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA— A magistrate’s court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta,  yesterday,  sentenced  32-year-old Kolade Adelakun to four years  imprisonment  over  theft of a  motorcycle.

The accused was said to have stolen a Bajaj motorcycle with registration number MAP 010 QD valued at N130,000 belonging to one Wale Omilere.
The accused pleaded guilty to the one-count charge, saying he stole the motocycle with the intention of selling it before he was  caught.

He added that he was recently sentenced to prison from December 2013 to March 2014 and was serving at Agodi Prisons, Ibadan over the same act.
The accused was said to have committed the offence on the May 19, 2014 at Orile-Ilugun in the Abeokuta magisterial district.

However, the accused prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, promising to look for a legitimate means of living if he could be pardoned.
The prosecutor, Sunday Eigbejiale objected to  the plea, saying the accused was sentenced over the same act and did  not learn his lesson, adding that he would still engage himself in that act.

He added that the accused committed an offence contrary to Section 383 and punishable under Section 390 of Criminal Code Vol. 1 Laws of Ogun State, 2006.

The presiding magistrate, Martins Akinyemi, in his ruling, said the gravity of the offence was seven years imprisonment but, because he has pleaded with the court, the judge said he was motivated to temper justice with mercy and thereby sentenced the accused to four years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The magistrate said  he believed the convict would be reformed during his stay in prison.