THIEF CAUGHT BEATEN AND PUT IN PIT

A thief was caught yesterday morning along Shell road, Sapele, Delta state. The thief (name unknown) snatched a woman's handbag in Ugbeyi, Sapele whileon his motorcycle and ran away.The woman who could not raise an alarm as nobody was passing by then prayed for her bag to be recovered. A soldier who noticed what had happened had to borrow someone's Hilux to chase the thief but the thief absconded. However, nemesis caught up with him when he came to shellroad. Some youths noticed a motorcyclist who was holding an handbag but was without a passenger. When he was approached, he sped off. Unknown to him, where he rode to was a dead-end. The youths chased him into the bush, caught him, battered him, and threw him into a pit till the Police would come for him. Youth's threatened to bury him alive, but for the police's timely intervention.