A teacher will serve six months in prison for damaging properties in Western Province.
Tabubil District Court last week sentenced Telefomin Elementary School Coordinator, Brendon Itopi, 29, of Telefolip village to serve six months at Ningrum Correctional institute for damaging properties of a store worth K3, 266.
From police brief, it was alleged that on Saturday Feb 11, at around 8pm after consuming alcohol, Itopi went to Felok Trading at Telefomin Station to buy goods.
But the store had already closed for day and the accused started shouting for the store to open.
When it did not, Itopi threw stones at the windows of the building damaging the louver blades.
Tabubil District Court Magistrate Billy Pidu when handing down his decision said the penalty will act as a lesson to the people not to damages other person’s properties when they are unhappy.