Fadley Faisal The Magistrate’s Court yesterday sentenced a 43-year-old local to a year’s jail with one whipping on convicting him of molesting a 21-year-old female colleague at a phone accessories store in Seria, Belait District. The defendant was found guilty following a trial on the charge of assaulting the victim to outrage her modesty. DPP […]
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Chief Justice Dato Seri Paduka Steven Chong on Wednesday (Jan 18) denied an application for bail release by a man who faces a murder charge of his four-year-old nephew.
Fadley Faisal Prosecutors yesterday pressed a charge against a 27-year-old local arrested by police on suspicion of an armed robbery on January 9. Muhammad Zulqarnain bin Ajis is alleged to have robbed a storekeeper while armed with a hammer at a convenience store in Jalan Pasir Berakas on January 9 afternoon. No plea has been […]
Fadley Faisal The High Court yesterday dismissed a local man’s application for a reduction in sentence on finding it ‘deserving’ as he had unlawful carnal knowledge of his young cousin. Chief Justice Dato Seri Paduka Steven Chong examined the case where the 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to the charge on July 25 and received a […]
Fadley Faisal The Intermediate Court yesterday handed a sentence of five years’ jail with four canings to a 43-year-old local man who pleaded guilty to three charges of sexually abusing two of his daughters and a niece. The man, whose identity is not revealed to protect the victims, committed the offences by molesting the teenage […]