A 28 year-old man, Ovie Ipesu, was on Wednesday arraigned by the police in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged theft of jeans trousers valued N65,000.

The defendant, of no fixed address is standing trial on a two-count charge of felony and stealing.

The Prosecutor, Sgt. Ayodeji Omoyeigha, told the court that the defendant on March 7 with one other now at large at Lebi Street, in Okitipupa unlawfully entered into a boutique belonging to one Temitope Ogunlade to commit felony.

He said that the defendant with the other accomplice stole 13 pieces of Gucci jeans trousers, but the defendant was later apprehended by the police, while the others escaped.