Woman fined for filing false sexual assault report
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 16) fined a 25-year-old woman RM1,500 after she pleaded guilty to lodging a false police report, claiming she was sexually assaulted at a hotel in Batu Kawa on Oct 30. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi ordered the accused, Ayu, 25, to face a three-month jail term in default of the fine. […]
Man gets five years for Batu Kawa hotel murder
KUCHING: A 33-year-old man was sentenced to a five-year jail term by the Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 16) in connection with the murder of a 51-year-old man outside a hotel in Batu Kawa on Oct 30. Hartley pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan, who sentenced the accused to five years’ […]
Indonesian gets five years for culpable homicide
SIBU: A 67-year-old Indonesian, who pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, was sentenced today (Nov 16) by the High Court to five years behind bars. In delivering the sentence, Justice Wong considered the seriousness of the offence, the need for a deterrent sentence, and public interest. The judge […]
Man gets jail for trying to steal cables
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday sentenced a local man to five months in jail for attempting to steal cables that caused electricity supply to be cut off in a government office building. Iskandar, 31, from Kampung Sri Arjuna pleaded guilty to a charge which was read before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. According to […]
Man jailed for threatening father over money
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to seven months in prison and fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for damaging property and threatening to harm his father because he was not given the money he demanded. Muhamad Nur, 24, from Kampung Bintawa Hilir, pleaded guilty to two charges read to him in front […]
Jobless man gets eight years, caning for assaulting deaf uncle
KUCHING: An unemployed man has been sentenced to eight years in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court for inflicting severe injuries on his deaf uncle, who is a Person with Disabilities (PWD), by assaulting him with a machete. Sahnizam, 27, pleaded guilty to two charges read in front of Judge […]
Unemployed gets 10 months’ jail for arson
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to 10 months in jail by the Sessions Court here, after he pleaded guilty to arson and causing partial damages to a fruit shop at Jalan Padungan. Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi ordered Zulkipli, 31, to serve his prison term effective from the date of his arrest on Oct 22. […]
Lorry driver fined for punching employer
KUCHING: A lorry driver was fined RM900 in default one month in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here, for intentionally causing pain to his employer by punching him in the face. Nabil, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code, which carries up […]
Man and woman fined for drug abuse
KUCHING: A man and a woman were each fined RM2,800, with a default sentence of three months in prison, at the Magistrates’ Court here, for their involvement in drug abuse. Zamree, 31, and Najwa, 22, both pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to charges under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is […]
Man fined RM1,500 for trespassing
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM1,500 today (Sept 18) or, in default, two months in prison for trespassing into a razed warehouse owned by a sportswear company in January. Maliki, 35, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge under Section 448 of the Penal Code, which carries […]
