A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for stealing $200 cash as well as a 600ml bottle of coke worth $2.40 and a Mother drink valued at $3.10 by the Nausori Magistrates Court.
In his sentence, Magistrate Shageeth Somaratne said Ahmad Ali Khan stole from Lovers Point Restaurant in Nausori on the 3rd of last month.
Khan pleaded guilty to the offense.
He said even though Khan is a young and a first offender, he does not find any compelling reasons to suspend the sentence.
Magistrate Somaratne said with the increase in number of burglaries committed against business premises in the country there need to be harsh sentences irrespective of personal mitigating factors of the offenders to protect the public and denounce the criminal activities.
