Carpenter sentenced to one year for burglary and theft

Apr 17, 2016

The court that was before the Gulu grade one magistrate, Abdonson Paul Owino, convicted and sentenced a 25-year-old Emmanuel Okot of Layibi Central, Te-gwana parish, Pece Division to one year at Gulu Central Prison.



A Carpenter was on Friday convicted and sentenced by Magistrate’s Court when pleaded guilty of theft.

The court that was before the Gulu grade one magistrate, Abdonson Paul Owino, convicted and sentenced a 25-year-old Emmanuel Okot of Layibi Central, Te-gwana parish, Pece Division to  one year at Gulu Central Prison.

Owino found Okot guilty of two counts; Burglary as Count I, contrary to sections 295 (2) of the Penal code Act (PCA) and to theft as the second Count, contrary to sections 254 (1) and 261 of the PCA. Okot’s case is recorded as on CRB 1155 of 2016.

The crime of theft alone attracts a maximum punishment of 14 years imprisonment if one is found guilty with burglary also taking about the same period of punishment under the sections of the PCA.

The prosecution that was represented by William Bayo told the court that Okot concurrently committed both offences on March 27, 2016 while at Kanyogoga “A” subward, Bar-dege division in Gulu municipality.

Bayo stated that under the Count I, Okot did break and enter into the dwelling place of one Okello, a resident at Kanyagoga “A” village with the intent to commit the said crime of breaking into the residential house of the complainant.

He said in Count II, the convict stole house properties belonging to Okello including a six inch mattress, four chairs made of plastic, and a wall curtain all costing sh200, 000=.

Prosecution added that the same convict during the incident also stole cash worth sh470, 000= from the house.

Owino said the court has no mercy with convicted thieves because the crime of theft was rampant before the court. He added that the act of burglary shows grievous intension that can never be tolerated by the courts of law.

The convict had pleaded with the court for leniency because he was willing to refrain from the acts of burglary and stealing.

The court ordered the convict to be taken back to Gulu central prison where he had also been on remand before his verdict was pronounced.

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