Man pleads guilty to selling stolen gold ring

KUCHING: The court here on Friday (Dec 8) imposed a fine of RM3,000 or a three-month jail sentence on a man after he pleaded guilty to disposing of stolen property. Muhammad Zamri Mohammad Safberi, 26, made the confession once the charge under Section 414 of the Penal Code was read before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. According […]

Court fines two men for injuring, threatening another

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM1,300 in default of two months in jail for deliberately headbutting a shop assistant at a prominent shopping mall on Jan 13. Magistrate Siti Farah Ibrahim meted out the sentence against the accused Ozzy, 30, from Kampung Sikuduk after pleading guilty to a charge framed under […]

Teen pleads guilty to house break-in

KUCHING: A male teenager pleaded guilty to a charge of house breaking before the Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday (Jan 26). Magistrate Zaiton Anuar fixed March 1 to hear the social reports on the 19 year old accused.  The court set bail at RM3,000 with one local surety. The teenager from Lachau, was accused of […]

11 bullies plead guilty

KUCHING: Eleven senior students of a boarding school here, who changed their pleas from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty’, will know of their fates on Dec 17. The Magistrate’s Court has set the date to hear their social reports. Magistrate Sharifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ordered  all the accused, aged between 15 and 17, to be […]

Three plead guilty to reckless driving

KUCHING: Three motorists pleaded guilty to reckless and careless driving in the Magistrates Court here yesterday. In the first case, a 23-year-old man pleaded guilty to reckless and careless driving on January 31 and was duly fined RM5,000. Then Jak Pin paid the fine. State Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said […]