Fadley Faisal

A 32-year-old local man was sentenced by the Intermediate Court yesterday to 32 months’ jail with two whippings for housebreaking and making away with BND29,000 worth of loot.

Deputy Public Prosecutors Hajah Siti Mu’izzah binti Haji Sabli and Mohammad Kamal Ariffin bin Ismail’s facts of the case produced in court before Judge Muhammed Faisal bin Pehin Dato Haji Kefli stated that Al-Amin bin Matasim went to his friend’s place at Jalan Pasir Berakas sometime this month when he stumbled upon a house and realised that it was unoccupied, but left for home.

The following night, the defendant decided to return to the house and upon confirming that it was unoccupied, he went back home.

Again, the following day just before midnight, he returned to the house by bicycle and using a screwdriver he pried open a window.

He gained entry and went on to the first floor where he ransacked the rooms.

He took a box containing various currencies, coins from a glass bottle and took a torch light along with two speakers before heading to the ground floor.

As he was about to leave the house, the defendant realised he had not checked another room.

He went back upstairs, opened the room door and ransacked it, finding two white gold rings and a pair of gold earrings. The defendant sought for another person’s help to sell the jewellery and obtained BND60 which he split between his friend and himself.

The speakers, the defendant had thrown away one while the other was sold to another friend for BND40.

It was only on December 2, 2019 when the house owner returned from Miri, Sarawak at 7.30pm and arrived at his house only to find it had been broken into, ransacked and has lost belongings worth BND29,000.

This led the owner to lodge a police report immediately and investigations unearthed the defendant’s acts.