Fadley Faisal

A local man was ordered by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to settle a BND1,500 fine or serve a month’s imprisonment in default, after he pleaded guilty to committing criminal trespass at a house with the intent to annoy the owner.

Magistrate Kamaliah Fadhilah binti Haji Ibrahim heard from Deputy Public Prosecutor

Raihan Nabilah binti Haji Ahmad Ghazali that an Indonesian man had witnessed the defendant, Mohammad Khairul Hafiz bin Abdullah, entering an unoccupied house in Kampong Delima Satu on the night of November 2. The Indonesian then asked for help from another man at a nearby vegetable stall, to check inside the empty house.

When they confronted the defendant inside the house, he replied that he was looking for scrap metal.

The house owner arrived at the scene and lodged a police report, after he was informed of the situation.

Prosecutor Ahmad Firdaus bin Haji Mohammad assisted in the prosecution of the case.