Magistrate Syaffina binti Shahif on Saturday adjourned the case against an Indonesian national who had denied attacking a policeman on duty. The court fixed May 6 to set trial dates. Puji Kurniawan, 26, allegedly caused harm to a policeman by biting his left forearm on April 1 at the Berakas Police Station, the court heard. […]
An Indonesian man was sentenced to eight months’ jail on Monday for stealing from his employer. Ari Ramadhani, 24, first denied the charge levelled by Prosecutors Syazwani binti Jumat and Abdul Hanan bin Haji Erwan. Magistrate Nur Eleana binti Dato Seri Paduka Haji Hairol Arni then fixed the case for trial. Prosecutor Nurul Husna binti […]
Without repentance, a local with a long list of burglary records has pleaded guilty yet again to another theft offence, landing him two years’ jail on Tuesday. Fresh out of a two-year prison sentence, Hasbollah bin Husaini was last convicted in 2021, according to Prosecutor Nurul Husna binti Abidin. The court, presided by Acting Senior […]
A local working as a cashier at a mobile phone shop was sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to compensate her employers’ loss totalling BND7,285. Senior Magistrate Harnita Zelda Skinner yesterday gave Dayangku Nurul Afizzah binti Pengiran Embran, 22, five months to settle the compensation order or risk serving an additional three months’ […]
Fadley Faisal An armed Malaysian who trespassed into Brunei through the forests joining Labi’s reserves and illegally collected forest produce was sentenced to jail with whipping and ordered to settle a fine. Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid sentenced Mayzem Musa, 38, to five years and three months jail, six whippings and […]