| Fadley Faisal |

THE Magistrate’s Court sentenced a 29-year-old local man who assaulted his mother to a year’s jail with one whipping yesterday.

Haji Mohd Hanif bin Haji Ghani asked his 56-year-old mother to lend him money to buy credit for his phone line at their home in Kampong Sungai Belukut at 8pm on January 25.

The victim refused which prompted the defendant to punch her in the eye.

The victim threatened to lodge a police report which infuriated the defendant and he chased his mother around the living room.

The victim ran and locked herself in her bedroom.

Not long after, she snuck out to get some ice for her eye and quickly went back in and locked-up.

Soon after, there was a knock on her door which she assumed to be her husband.

She opened the door only to find the defendant holding a sharp metal object with which he struck his mother’s head causing a laceration and bleeding.

After that, the defendant went back to his room.

It was the victim’s daughter who reported the incident to the police and led to the defendant’s arrest.

DPP Atiyyah Abas prosecuted the case which was presided over by Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid.