Facing imprisonment for stealing from his mother, a young man was yesterday given community service instead after the woman told a city court that she had just wanted to teach her son a lesson.
Samuel Archer, 19, immediately admitted that he had stolen a $45,000 speaker box from his mother, Rhonda Rowe when the charge was read to him.
It was the police’s case that on May 7, Rowe secured her home and left for work. However, while at work, she received a call which prompted her to return home. On her arrival, she noticed that the speaker box was missing.
Rowe went to the police and informed them of the missing item along with her
