Man gets six years in prison for armed robbery

KUCHING: A man has been sentenced to six years in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here for armed robbery. Annuar, 38, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman on Monday (April 10). Wielding a samurai sword, Annuar committed the offence at a convenience store in Jalan Sultan Tengah here […]
RMAF personnel gets 10 years for raping girlfriend

KUCHING: A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) personnel who raped his 13-year-old girlfriend while she was drunk was ordered to serve ten years in prison and endure five lashes of the cane for his crime. Sessions Court Judge Marutin Pagan on Tuesday handed the punishment to the 31-year-old after finding him guilty. However, he allowed […]
Armed robber gets 6 years’ jail, 3 lashes

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six years in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here on Tuesday (Jan 10) for robbing an elderly man at knifepoint and hijacking his car in September, last year. Accused Mohd Niqa Qastalani Mohamad Ismail, 27, pleaded guilty to charges under Section 392 […]
15 years, six strokes for CBT

KUCHING: A man, whose claim of being a human organ trafficker was found by police to be false, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to be caned six times for committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) today. Sessions Court Judge Steve Ritikos meted out the sentence on Shaifullizan Abdul Mutalib, 48, after […]