Scrap metal dealers get eight months jail for theft
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday (Feb 8) sentenced two scrap metal dealers to eight months in prison each for stealing and selling three transformers belonging to an electrical engineering company. Sia, 35, and Lawrance, 26, pleaded guilty to two charges before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. According to the first charge, they jointly stole three units […]
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 […]
Motorbike thief jailed seven months
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to seven months in prison by the Magistrate Court today for stealing a Yamaha motorcycle of a cashier who works at a 24-hour shop in Jalan Pending. The accused, Zambri, 35 pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 411 of the Penal Code read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. […]
Drunken rampage earns man a year in prison
KUCHING: A local man who assaulted his sister and threatened to kill her, his grandmother and aunt will pay for his crime behind bars over the next year. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Bryon, 25, to a year in prison after he admitted to committing three offences during a drunken rampage at his […]
Six years, 10 lashes for syabu possession
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a local man to six years in prison and 10 lashes of the whip for possessing 35.22g of syabu at his residence in Taman Malihah, Matang in November last year. Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd @Mohd Yusof meted out the order against the accused, Ibrahim, 36, after he pleaded guilty […]
Teenager fined for involving in illegal public gambling
KUCHING: A teenage girl was fined RM2,000 in default two months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for participating in the illegal purchase of public lottery tickets last month. The 18-year-old accused from Kampung Sungai Agas pleaded guilty to one charge under Section 9(1) of the Open Gambling Act 1953. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced […]
Man jailed for retaining stolen property
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to six months in prison for parking a stolen Yamaha motorcycle in front of a supermarket in Yoshi Square in November. Accused Sharizam, 26, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 411 of the Penal Code which was read before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. He was charged […]
28 year old convicted for drugs
KUCHING: The Sessions Court today (Dec 15) sentenced a local man to six years in prison and 10 strokes of the rotan for possessing 38.06 grams of crystal methamphetamine in June. Christopher, 28, pleaded guilty to the offence when read out to him by the court interpreter before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman. The accused stored […]
Nine years’ jail for robbing grocery store
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to nine years in prison by the Sessions Court here today for robbing a mini grocery store and taking RM345 in cash and several packs of branded cigarettes. Judge Maris Agan meted out the sentence on Addian, 27, after he was found guilty under Section 395 of the Penal […]
Man gets seven months’ imprisonment for drug abuse
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to seven months in prison for drug abuse. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered Afis, 29, to serve his sentence from the day of his arrest, June 9. The accused was charged under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234) for consuming methamphetamine and […]