Fadley Faisal

The Intermediate Court yesterday sentenced a local man to four months’ imprisonment and two strokes of the cane for three instances of housebreaking by night for theft.

Awangku Harni bin Pengiran Afendy, 30, broke into two homes in Kampong Telisai on two separate occasions in March, where he stole items ranging from shoes to food. In September, he broke into a residence at the Telisai Primary School Flat, where he stole some mobile phones and beverages.

Prosecutor Hajah ‘Adzimah Mukarramah binti Haji Salleh informed Judge Pengiran Masni binti Pengiran Haji Bahar that the defendant had planned the offences and was armed with tools for the break-ins. The court was informed that the defendant had previous theft convictions in his records.