Author: Lydia Aman

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

Unemployed jailed for stealing RM2, phone

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to three months in jail for stealing RM2 and a smartphone belonging to a female shop assistant. Nurfareezan Matjeni, 35, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 380 of the Penal Code. If convicted, he can

Man fined RM3,000 for damaging car’s rear windshield

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court fined a man RM3,000 for throwing a rubbish bin at a car’s rear windshield, damaging it, after he was not allowed to enter his former sister-in-law’s house. Aloysius Elvin Martin, 25, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge framed under Section 427 of the

Woman gets one day in jail, RM800 fine for stealing bras

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court sentenced a 58-year-old woman to one day in jail and a RM800 fine for stealing three pairs of bras from a clothing store in a shopping mall here. Audrey May V Sebastian from Tabuan Jaya, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a

Jobless man fined RM12,000 for substance abuse

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a jobless man RM12,000, in default 12 months’ imprisonment, on four counts of drug abuse. Thian Nam Fatt, 39, from Siburan pleaded guilty before Senior Assistant Court Registrar Sandy Yvette Freddy to four charges framed under Section 15(1)(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,

Charged with illegal possession of firearm and police uniform

KUCHING: A local man pleaded not guilty in front of two separate courts to charges of possessing a pistol without a licence and possessing a police uniform without valid reasons in a car in front of a hotel at King Centre on April 12. The two charges were read separately

Man gets over 2 years jail for drug possession

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 55-year-old man to two years and four months in jail for possessing 26.19g of syabu in a house at Batu Kawa. Kammaroxy Kachi pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs

Man gets 6 months’ jail for possessing stolen phone, disposing of watch

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 27-year-old man to six months in jail for possessing a stolen iPhone and disposing of a stolen luxury Bonia watch. The convicted, Mohd Khairul Abdullah, pleaded guilty to two charges before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the first charge, he

Mule account holder fined RM200 in default four days’ jail

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a man RM200 for being a mule account holder for fraudulent activities. Koh Chin Hua, 26, from Niah, Miri pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge framed under Section 37 (1) of the Sarawak Minor Offences Ordinance 1958. If convicted, the Section

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