Man gets seven days’ jail for assaulting female driver
TAPAH: The Tapah Magistrate’s Court today sentenced a man who assaulted a female driver in an incident in Lata Iskandar, which went viral last Monday, to seven days in prison. Magistrate Siti Hanum Mohmad Sah meted out the sentence after Mohammad Zaim Faiz Tarmizi, 29, who was unrepresented, pleaded guilty to the two charges against […]
Visually impaired drug addict sentenced for assaulting wife in hospital ward
KUCHING: A visually impaired drug addict has been fined RM3,500 or faces eight months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court for assaulting his wife and making threats in the children’s ward of Sarawak General Hospital. Sa’adi, a 46-year-old labourer from Kampung Meranek, Kota Samarahan, pleaded guilty to the charges on Thursday (June 8). Under Section […]
Innocent US man freed after 3 decades in prison
LOS ANGELES: A Baldwin Park man was freed from state prison earlier this month after prosecutors and parole officials uncovered years-old evidence that pointed to his innocence in a 1989 shooting, officials announced Friday, reported German news agency (dpa). Daniel Saldana, 55, was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison in 1990. He had […]
Jobless man gets six months for threatening his father
KUCHING: A 31-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court for threatening his father. Saiful pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali, on Monday (May 8). The accused committed the offence at a house […]
Man gets eight months in prison for housebreaking, theft
KUCHING: A 34-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here for breaking into a house and stealing four bags. Azlan pleaded guilty on Monday (May 8) to a charge under Section 457 of the Penal Code, which was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. […]
Man gets 10 months for possessing clozapine
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced an unemployed man to 10 months in prison for possessing 16.43g of the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, a scheduled poison, in his bedroom in June last year. Abbas, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman to a charge framed under Section 9(3) of the Poisons Act 1952, punishable under […]
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 […]
Woman gets six months for keeping stolen property
KUCHING: A woman was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here on Wednesday (Feb 15) for keeping stolen property. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced Delaila, 27, after she pleaded guilty to the charge. She was charged under Section 411 of the Penal Code for possessing the stolen property — a saloon car […]
22-year-old gets six years in prison for armed robbery
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to six years in prison and three strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court here for armed robbery. Izzuddin, 22, pleaded guilty before Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd @ Mohd Yusoff on Tuesday (Feb 14). Izzuddin was the second accused out of three others who committed gang robbery in a […]
Farm worker gets 10 years and whipping for having grenade, machetes
MELAKA: A farm worker was sentenced to 10 years in prison and one stroke of the cane by the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court here today after pleading guilty to counts of possessing a bomb and a sharp weapon four years ago. Judge Darmafikri Abu Adam ordered P. S. Tamil Kumaran, 36, to serve the prison […]