| Fadley Faisal |

A 41-YEAR-OLD local man was sentenced to one year in jail after he pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court last Saturday to a charge of auto theft.

DPP Raihan Nabilah binti Haji Ahmad Ghazali revealed in court that Rihaudeen bin Haji Shamsuddin stole a car while it was parked outside Teguh Raya Department Store at 7am on June 8.

The car owner was away but his friend lodged a police report that morning when he discovered that the vehicle was missing. That very same night, the friend stumbled upon the stolen car at the parking lot of the Perpindahan Lambak Kanan Mosque and notified the police.

Police arrested the defendant after conducting investigations and reviewing CCTV footage from the crime scene which showed the defendant committing the crime.

Chief Magistrate Pengiran Masni binti Pengiran Haji Bahar presided over the case.