Two local men were sentenced to jail by the Magistrate’s Court recently following their guilty pleas to charges of theft. Magistrate Nur Eleana binti DSP Haji Hairol Arni handed a 30 months’ jail term to 28-year-old Mohammad Asmadi bin Busrah and 28-year-old Khairulsazwan bin Kadir, an 18-months’ jail sentence. Prosecutor Abdul Musawwir bin Haji Awang […]
A 23-year-old housekeeping staffer at a hotel in Gadong was sentenced to six months’ jail after pleading guilty to misappropriating a guest’s property. Magistrate Syaffina binti Shahif heard from prosecutor Abdul Musawwir bin Haji Awang Mahli that Indonesian national Syaiful Bahri was cleaning a room after the guest checked out on September 25 when he […]
Muhammad Noor Azim bin Samrey, a local working as a security guard, was sentenced to two years’ jail after he pleaded guilty to theft from an apartment building he was assigned to. Prosecutor Abdul Musawwir bin Haji Awang Mahli said the defendant was assigned to an apartment building in Kuala Belait. On October 13, after […]
An Indonesian man who worked at a car wash, was sentenced to four months’ jail on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to stealing a customer’s phone. Senior Magistrate Hajah Ervy Sufitriana binti Haji Abdul Rahman lambasted Tugio, 38, for having breached the trust of customers and his employers, along with his act of stealing in […]
Adli bin Awang Abdullah, 43, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months’ jail while Mohamad Zul Sahrin bin Jumat, 31, denied the charge in a motorcycle theft case in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Both defendants face charges of stealing a Honda MSX125 “Grom” motorcycle from a house in Kampong Salambigar in the early hours […]