Jobless man fined RM1k for committing mischief

KUCHING: A 36-year old unemployed man was fined RM1,000 by the Magistrates’ Court after the man punctured a tyre and broke a windscreen wiper of his elderly neighbour’s car. The accused, Jesfrel, 36, pleaded guilty to a charge read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. The accused was charged with mischief under Section 427 […]

Jobless male fined RM1,500 for house-trespass

KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to a fine of RM1,500 in default two months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for breaking into the house of his neighbour, a 58-year-old woman. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi sentenced Jeffrey, 44, after pleading guilty to charge under Section 448 of the Penal Code which carries a sentence […]

Unemployed man charged with murdering nonagenarian

JASIN: An unemployed man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of a senior citizen. Peter David, 20, was charged with murdering Misah Md Amin, 91, at KM 16, Kampung Pulai Darat, Merlimau here at 1.30 am last Jan 20. He was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which […]

Unemployed man gets 9 years’ jail for hurting wife, children

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MELAKA: An unemployed man was sentenced to nine years in jail by the Ayer Keroh Sessions and Magistrate’s Courts here today after he pleaded guilty to four counts of hurting his wife and two children. In the Sessions Court, Rony Abraham, 37, was sentenced to three years in jail by Judge Mohd Sabri Ismail for […]

Youth fined RM5,000 for threatening his father

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today fined an unemployed man RM5,000 for uttering death threats to his biological father. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar also ordered Attirmidzi, 31, to be jailed nine months if he fails to pay the fine. According to the charge sheet, he committed the act at their residence in Taman Matang Jaya, Jalan […]

Burglary attempt foiled, man who stole SGD50 fined RM1,000

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court has sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of RM1,000 in default to imprisonment for two weeks for trespassing a house and stealing SGD50 (RM162.41) cash belonging to a 23-year-old man. The accused Alexander Maxwell Buma Amoi, 22, from Kampung Kudei pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 448 of the […]

Man who went berserk, runs over house’s dividing fence fined RM3,000

KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to a fine of RM3,000 in default to imprisonment for six months for running over and damaging the dividing fence of a house using a compact vehicle while on a rampage in Kampung Semeba on November 27. The accused, Vestson Rindyvon Rikie, 27, pleaded guilty to a charge under […]

RM1,800 fine for stealing portable speaker

SIBU: An unemployed man was today (Sept 21) slapped with a RM1,800 fine in default two months’ jail by a Magistrates’ Court here for stealing a portable speaker. Haidi Lee, 28, from Sungai Naman, had pleaded guilty to the charge read out to him before Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar. He committed an offence under Section […]

Unemployed man jailed after beating ex-girlfriend for not paying debt of RM390

KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to five months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for beating up his ex-girlfriend over her failure to pay the balance of RM390 owed to him. Accused Hamid, 42, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 323 of the Penal Code which was read before Magistrate Zaiton […]

Unemployed man nabbed for meth, marijuana possession

PADAWAN: An unemployed man was detained by police for possessing methamphetamine and marijuana worth RM9,125.50. The 20-year-old unemployed man was detained by a team from Padawan’s Narcotic Criminal Investigation Division at the suspect’s sedan vehicle at café at Jalan Moyan at 11pm last night. “The team arrested the suspect and then inspected the vehicle. They […]