Magistrate Bokkos said the punishment would serve as a deterrent to others who would want to indulge in the same act.

Two security officers, Ayuka Philip, 22, and Daniel Adekuchili have been sentenced to six months imprisonment each by a magistrates’ court in Jos, on Wednesday, for stealing bedsheets, buckets and assorted beverages from a hotel.

Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos sentenced Philip and Adekuchili after they pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft.

Bokkos said the punishment would serve as a deterrent to others who would want to indulge in the same act.

The magistrate gave the convicts an option of fine of N5,000 each and also ordered them to pay a compensation of N12,000 each.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector Monday Dabit, told the court that the case was reported on March 25, at the Anglo-Jos Police Station by Mr Richard  Victor, the complainant.

Dabit said that the convicts got a spare key to the store and stole four sets of bedsheets, eight plastic buckets and assorted drinks.

The offence, he said, is punishable under the Plateau Penal Code Law.

(NAN)