Fadley Faisal The Court of Appeal revised the sentence of a sex offender after it had found it “excessive”. Khairul Bashar, who was sentenced to a six-year-and-six-month jail time with three strokes of the cane for outraging the modesty of a 12-year-old girl and taking obscene photos of her inside a public toilet, had his […]
Fadley Faisal The Court of Appeal on November 23 reduced the sentence of a man who stole from the mosque, after giving consideration to its totality principle. Muhammad Shahriman bin Rahman’s sentence of 42 months’ jail with two canings was revised to 32 months’ jail with two strokes. On April 9, the Intermediate Court handed […]
Fadley Faisal The Court of Appeal on November 19 discounted a housebreaking offender’s canings from three to two strokes on finding that the sentencing court had not given discounts on considering punishment. Court of Appeal President Justice Michael Peter Burrell and Justices Conrad Seagroatt and Michael Victor Lunn revised the case against Muhammad Aiman bin […]
Fadley Faisal The Court of Appeals recently upheld a six-year-and-six-month jail sentence with three strokes of the cane for Michells Jackson anak Awil, who was convicted of possession of a handmade rifle without a licence. “Possession of a self-made rifle is a serious offence which carries with it a threat to life and limb when […]
Fadley Faisal The Court of Appeal earlier this month dismissed an armed robber’s appeal who cited that his sentence of eight years’ jail with 12 canings was excessive. Presiding Justice Michael Peter Burrell, sitting with Justices Conrad Seagroatt and Michael Lunn, immediately looked at the minimum term for the offence which stipulates seven years’ imprisonment […]