Fadley Faisal

The Magistrate’s Court yesterday sentenced a local man to eight months’ imprisonment, on four charges of stealing durians and misappropriating property.

Magistrate Kamaliah Fadhilah binti Haji Ibrahim heard from Deputy Public Prosecutor Syazwani binti Jumat that Muhammad Sahrul Hardi bin Muhammad Mustafa, 22, had stolen 25 durians with the intention of exchanging them for methylamphetamine.

On August 25, the defendant was walking around the vicinity of RPN Kampong Panaga, Seria, when he came across a house without a gate and entered the compound.

The defendant walked into the house and saw durians placed on a table.

After making sure no one was around, he put 20 durians into a bag and left.

The house owner discovered the theft, but later that night, placed five more durians on the table. The defendant noticed the new durians when he passed by that house.

He entered the house, stuffed the durians into a bag and left.

The owner then lodged a police report, which led to linking with the defendant and his intentions to exchange the durians with controlled drugs.

Prior to his arrest, the defendant had stolen a radio CD mini compo, two speakers and a toolbox kit from the garage of another house in RPN Kampong Panaga, Seria, at midnight on August 31.

The police also found that the defendant had misappropriated a friend’s Samsung Tab, which he had offered to repair, on June 16.

However, instead of keeping his promise, the defendant gave the device away to another friend.