The Magistrate’s Court recently sentenced a carer to two years’ jail for stealing from a 70-year-old client. Senior Magistrate Harnita Zelda Skinner heard from Prosecutor Ruzana Adnan that 22-year-old local Muhammad Hafiz bin Matsalleh, who worked with a firm offering caretaking services, had taken advantage of a client. The prosecution also revealed that the client […]
The Magistrate’s Court on Saturday handed a 16-months jail sentence to a Malaysian national for stealing electrical cables from his employer. Sathiaseelan Ramarao, 35, stole four electrical cables from his employer’s business premises sometime between December 2022 and January this year. Prosecutor Ahmad Firdaus bin Mohammad said the man, with the help of accomplices, stole […]
The Brunei Magistrate’s Court has sentenced an Indonesian woman to three months’ jail and ordered her to settle a BND500 fine after she pleaded guilty to overstaying in the country.
The Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered an Indonesian man to settle a BND88,500 fine for possessing a sizeable amount of smuggled cigarettes, and selling them. Nandang Permana, 31, would have to serve 19 months’ jail in default of payment. The customs prosecutor revealed in court that the defendant was found hoarding 120 cartons and 11 packets […]
A 67-year-old local will appear again on September 18 after being charged recently in the Magistrate’s Court with sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl. No plea was taken from the defendant at the mention of the case last week for the charge alleging him of performing sexual acts on the minor girl at a hut near […]