| Fadley Faisal |

THE Kuala Belait Magistrate’s Court yesterday handed down a four-week prison sentence to Mohammad Sherizal Amar Hafizsudin bin Sulaiman, 29, after he pleaded guilty to committing criminal trespass.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Sabrina binti Haji Mahmud’s facts of the case stated that at 5pm on November 4, 2018, the victim of the trespassed property and his wife were at home in Kampong Pandan, Kuala Belait at the time of the offence.

The wife, who was in the kitchen at the time, saw the defendant vigorously knocking on the kitchen door.

The husband, who was in the toilet, also heard the loud knock and rushed to the kitchen.

They did not open the kitchen door as both of them felt scared and annoyed.

At this point, the defendant went to the front sliding door and continued to knock vigorously. The husband went to get his phone to call the police. Upon doing so, he stopped hearing the knocks.

Police investigations led to the defendant’s arrest, with findings revealing that the defendant had committed criminal trespass.

They also revealed that the defendant knew that the house was another person’s property, yet he still entered the compound and knocked vigorously on two doors of the house, causing alarm and annoyance to the victim.

Presiding Magistrate Pengiran Shahyzul Khairuddien bin Pengiran Abdul Rahman, in delivering his sentence, noted that the defendant was a second offender and was there to cause annoyance and alarm to the victim.