Report on soldier to be heard on April 22
KUCHING: The Sessions Court set April 22 to hear a social report on an army private who pleaded guilty to robbing a woman of RM600 in front of a pharmacy in March. The 20-year-old accused pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman. He accused him of robbing […]
Two friends in trouble for stealing chicken meat
KUCHING: Two friends were sentenced to a Compulsory Attendance Order (CAO) for two months and a RM1,000 bail bond with one surety by the Magistrate’s Court here for stealing 20kg of chicken. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali on Friday (April 8) meted out the sentence on Muhamad Fuad Abdul Razak, 33, and Razak Alli, […]
Violent acts cost man RM6,800
KUCHING: A local man learned the hard way that it doesn’t pay to be violent. He was fined a total of RM6,800 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for hitting his brother-in-law with a motorcycle exhaust and for shattering the victim’s car windscreen. Lai Teck Man pleaded guilty to two charges which were read separately […]
Man fined RM4,200 for syabu possession
KUCHING: A man was fined RM4,200, in default nine months’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing methamphetamine weighing 1.71g. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out the sentence on Evan Jay Tyon after he pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter. According to the facts of the case, […]
Habitual offenders jailed five years
KUCHING: Two local men with previous convictions were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and one stroke of the cane by the Sessions Court here today for taking and having drugs. Clynton Bell Beledis, 27, and Ng Kia Lung, 34, pleaded guilty before judges Maris Agan and Jason Juga. Clynton was found to have consumed amphetamine […]
Death threat lands man behind bars
SIBU: A 30-year-old who put the fear of death into another man was jailed 12 months today for criminal intimidation. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar handed the sentence after Wong Chin Soon of Bintangor pleaded guilty to committing the offence on Dec 2 last year. The court was told that Wong had threatened to kill the 59-year-old […]
Man gets 6 months for stealing car battery
KUCHING: A 30-year-old man will have to spend time behind bars for six months for stealing a car battery. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi meted out the sentence on Muhammad Nur Attirmidzi Ibrahim, 30, after he pleaded guilty to the offence. The accused was ordered to serve the jail term starting today. He was charged under Section […]
Man pleads guilty to cheating charge
SIBU: A man was indicted in the Magistrates’ Court for unlawful possession of RM17,895 on Thursday (Feb 24) . Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar, after accepting the accused’s plea of guilty, fined Lee Liong Poo, 54, RM500, in default seven days’ imprisonment. Lee, from Sg Pelek, Selangor, was charged with having RM17,895 that was unlawfully obtained […]
Village headman fined for cheating
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here today fined a village headman RM8,000 in default 10 months ‘jail after he pleaded guilty to duping an assemblyman into handing over a sum of RM50,000 to the village’s development and security committee’s bank account and JKKK Kampung Ensebang Kuari Baru for a road rehabilitation project four years ago. The accused, […]
No money to pay fine, accused opts for jail
SIBU: A 33-year-old man has to spend the next seven months in jail after he could not pay the RM5,000 fine meted out by the Magistrate’s Court here today for assaulting his nephew with a piece of wood. Mohd Nazaree Selihi from Jalan Abang Barieng pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar. […]
