A 25-year-old auto mechanic, Kola Ogundare, was on Tuesday docked in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State, over alleged burglary and theft of items valued at N75,000.
The defendant, of no fixed address, is in court on a three-count charge of felony, burglary and stealing.
The prosecutor, Insp. Zedekiah Orogbemi, told the court that the defendant, on Sept. 19, about 12.30 a.m. at Igodan Lisa in Okitipupa, burgled the house of one Sade Akinfala, with intent to commit felony.
Orogbemi said that the defendant stole an HP mini-laptop, a Nokia phone and Itel android camera phone, all valued at N75,000, property of the complainant.
He said the offences contravened Sections 355, 412 and 390(9) of the Criminal Code, Cap.37, Vol.1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Dickson Ogunfuyi, granted the defendant a bail of N50,000, with a surety in like sum.
Ogunfuyi said that the surety must produce evidence of tax clearance for one year, as part of the bail conditions.
He adjourned the case until Oct. 29 for further hearing.