Security guard gets six months for copper wire theft
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Jan 11) sentenced Mohad Rizal Juman, a 30-year-old security guard from Tawau, Sabah, to six months in prison. The charges stemmed from his theft of copper wire belonging to a luxury car distributor company in early January. Rizal pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 381 of the Penal Code, […]
Habitual flasher gets jail term and caning
KUCHING: A habitual offender who made off with a university student’s bag after flashing at her will pay for his crime, this time in prison. The 20-year-old vegetable farmer was handed a 24-month jail term and two strokes of the cane for robbing the 23-year-old woman. Sessions Court Judge Iris Awen Jon ordered him to […]
Former convenience store employee gets 36-month prison sentence for CBT
KUCHING: A former assistant salesperson at a 24-hour convenience store has been sentenced to 36 months in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here after being found guilty of breaching trust involving a sum of RM436. Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi delivered the verdict after the prosecution successfully proved a prima […]
Woman determined to change for children’s sake after early release from prison
MELAKA: For the sake of her children who always provided support despite several grave mistakes, a woman is determined to change herself for the better and wants to reunite with her family. Suriana, 42, (not her real name) is among the 15 inmates of Sungai Udang Prison who were released through the Licensed Prisoner Release […]
Man gets eight months in prison for meth possession
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to eight months in prison for possessing 0.13g of methamphetamine. Hidayat, 25, from Landeh, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is punishable under Section 12(3) of the same Act. If convicted, the […]
Indonesian sentenced to prison for involvement in online gambling
KUCHING: A 35-year-old Indonesian woman has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to one count of involvement in online gambling. Feronika was found guilty under Section 4B(a) of the Open Gambling House Act 1953, as revealed before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. Magistrate Mason Jaro ordered that […]
US gynaecologist gets 20 years for sexually abusing patients
NEW YORK: A Manhattan judge on Tuesday sentenced a “prolific, heinous and predatory” ex-Columbia University gynecologist, Robert Hadden, to 20 years in federal prison, doling out the maximum justice decades after he began abusing his patients and seven years after he avoided jail time, reported German news agency (dpa). Citing Hadden’s “out of control” and “depraved” […]
Man gets two-year prison term and caning for drugs
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to two years in prison, three strokes of the cane, and fined RM3,000 by the Magistrates’ Court here. He pleaded guilty to charges of possessing 9.09g of methamphetamine and involvement in drug abuse activities. Afis, 30, appeared before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi on Friday (July 14), where he admitted to the […]
Elderly men prone to committing rape
HARARE: A large number of elderly men found in prison during the first quarter of the year had committed rape crimes, among other sexual offences, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat). In its 2023 Quarterly Prison Admissions and Discharges Statistics from the beginning of the year to March, ZimStat said figures provided by […]
Man sentenced for damaging property
KUCHING: A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to a fine of RM2,000 or four months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today (June 9) for causing damage to his mother’s property using a machete. Azam pleaded guilty to two charges under Section 427 of the Penal Code, which were read before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. The […]