The Magistrate, Mrs O.A. Daodu, who summarily tried Asuquo following his guilty plea, sentenced him on each of the four counts.

A 31-year-old  man identified as Scott Asuquo has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State on Friday for burglary and stealing.

Asuquo was arraigned on January 20 on a four-count charge bordering on burglary and stealing.

The Magistrate, Mrs O.A. Daodu, who summarily tried Asuquo following his guilty plea, sentenced him to three years imprisonment on each of the four counts.

Daodu, however, held that the sentences should run concurrently.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Sunday Bassey, told the court that Asuquo broke into the apartment of one Ugochi Ononiba and stole her Tecno phone worth N20,000.

Bassey said that the convict also stole an Itel phone and a GTBank automatic teller machine card from Ononiba.

He added that the convict, on the same day, broke into the apartment of one Simbiat Fasanmiro on Kazeem Street, Alapere, Lagos, and stole her Samsung phone worth N50,000.

He said that the convict also stole an Itel phone worth N20,000 from Fasanmiro, adding that he stole his N3,500 cash and telephone airtime recharge cards worth N1,600.

The prosecutor told the court that the convict also threatened to kill his victims if they shouted.