Man jailed for armed robbery

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TAWAU: A 22-year-old local man was sentenced to thirty months’ jail for armed robbery by the Magistrate Court here yesterday.

Magistrate Suhaila Selag meted out the sentence to Mohd Hafizan Ishak who pleaded guilty to the charge framed under Section 393 of the Penal Code.

Prosecuting officer, Inspector Joan Lee, told the court that the accused on Dec 26 last year at about 3.30 pm robbed one Tam Choi Jin, 57, at his shop – Kedai Kuhara Muhibbah.

The accused came into the shop on the pretext of enquiring the price of a noodle but then took out a machete hidden under his clothing and pointed it at the victim while taking money from the counter drawer before fleeing to the main road.

His action was caught on CCTV installed at the shop and on January 18 this year at about 10.40 am in front of a house at Lorong Satu Taman Univella, he was detained by police and positively identified by the victim.