Fadley Faisal

The Magistrate’s Court yesterday sentenced a durian peddler to eight months’ imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to stealing an air conditioner.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Syazwani binti Jumat’s facts of the case state that Hasbollah bin Husaini, 38, was selling durians by car on the morning of August 17, when he arrived at a house in Jalan Pemancha.

Seeing a woman cooking in the kitchen, he attempted to make a sale, but she ignored him.

As the defendant was leaving, he came across a one horse-powered window-type air-conditioner, which he took away in his car.

Later, he drove to a house in Jalan Maulana, where he had seen a man fixing a car outside.

He approached the man and offered the air-conditioner for BND10, saying that he was desperate to buy some fuel for his car.

The man sympathised with the defendant, and they shook hands on the deal.

The defendant then spent BND5 on car fuel and BND1 on a drink, before continuing on his journey to sell durians.

Meanwhile, the occupant of the house in Jalan Pemancha saw that the air-conditioner a friend had entrusted him to sell was missing.

After viewing CCTV footage belonging to a neighbour, a police report was immediately lodged, which led to the defendant’s arrest.

Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid presided over the case.