Court jails housemaid for stealing boss’s underwear

An Igbosere Magistrate’s Court yesterday sentenced a 20 years old housemaid Vivian Simeon- Michael to ‎two-month imprisonment for stealing her employer’s underwear and other properties worth N295, 000.

Delivering the judgement, Magistrate A. T Omodele held that the jail term is without an option of fine since she pleaded guilty to the one count charge filed against her.

The convict who resides at 16, Hassan Street Agege area of Lagos state was said to have just started working with her employer one Mrs Bisi Awoniyi, who employed her in June 2015.

The prosecutor Corporal Cyricaus Osuji had told the court when she was arraigned that she stole, sets of underwear, three complete pair of buba and wrappers, seven pieces of pants, set of bracelets, ten pieces of handkerchief and seven pieces of face towel.

Others are two wedding busters, two pair of sock, one leggie girdle and three night wears all valued at N295,000.

Osuji further told the court that the convict who had only worked for ‎ about two months committed the offence on September 9, 2015, at about 9:30am, at Isale Eko Way Dolphin Estate Ikoyi.

He had also told the court that the offence committed is punishable under sections 285 of the criminal law of Lagos state 2011.

The prosecutor said that according to the complaint, the convict was employed in June 2015, through an agent named    Peter Ugolor with an agreement of N20, 000 salary per month, adding that there was also an agreement that the convict will be entitled to one day off duty.

Osuji, “said that on the 9 of September when the maid was about leaving the house, when the complaint, discovered her hand towel inside the bag.

“She further discovered that her underwear and others things that she stole where in the bag, so she went to report the matter at the police station, and then she was arrested and charged to court. ”

Earlier when the charge was read to the convict, she pleaded guilty to the charge against her and also confirmed the facts in the statement that was made to the police before she was sentenced.