A Fijian man, Abdul Shafil, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after stealing butter from a supermarket.
According to FijiVillage, on 7 August, Shafil took eight 500-gram packs of Rewa Butter, valued at $124.64. He later told the court he had intended to sell the butter to buy baby essentials for his child.
Magistrate Yogesh Prasad noted Shafil’s remorse and early guilty plea but said he declined to impose a suspended sentence, stressing that first-time offenders must understand the consequences of their actions.
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