A man was on Tuesday sentenced to eight months in prison by the Lira Chief Magistrate’s Court after he stole 5kgs of sugar and other foodstuffs.Jaspher Okeng’s luck ran out on Tuesday afternoon after court presided over by the Chief Magistrate, Mr Alex Mushabe Kirocho, found him guilty of breaking into Mr Richard Oyuku Ojok’s house.
Court heard that on April 26, Okeng broke into Mr Ojok’s house and stole several items, including sugar.
Prosecution stated that on May 9, Mr Oyuku’s wife, Ms Molly Grace, caught Mr Okeng red-handed as he attempted to steal from the same house again.
Upon arrest, Okeng confessed he was the same person who broke into his uncle’s house on April 26 and stole several items that included 5kgs of sugar, simsim, groundnuts, peas and a bicycle.
The accused was taken to Lira Central Police Station.
On Tuesday, the matter came up for mention upon which the accused pleaded guilty to the offence.
“I stole the items as indicated in the charge sheet,” he told a fully-packed courtroom.
The hearing of the case took about 10 minutes as court figured out the maximum penalty that matches the offence.
Earlier, the complainant, also the paternal uncle to the accused, had asked court to hand the accused a three-year sentence.
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