| Fadley Faisal |

THE Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered a local man to settle a fine of BND800, or serve three weeks of imprisonment in default, for causing damage to the compressor of an air-conditioning unit owned by his mother.

Haji Mohamad Shahrin bin Haji Nasar, 48, also admitted to Deputy Public Prosecutor Syazwani binti Jumat’s facts of the case which were meted out yesterday before Magistrate Pengiran Hazirah binti Pengiran Haji Mohd Yusof.

The theft was committed at the family home at Simpang 522, Kampong Masin at 10.15am on August 6.

The defendant was outside dismantling one of the air-conditioning compressors, when he was spotted by his nephew who lived next door. The nephew told his grandmother, who lodged a police report leading to the defendant’s arrest.

The police also found that the defendant had caused damage to the air-conditioning compressor, worth BND500 in repairs.