KOTA KINABALU: A 29-year-old local man will know his fate on April 2 at the Sessions Court here for robbing three women at a resort, as the case comes up for sentencing.
Judge Dean Wayne Daly put off the sentencing of Mohd Nazib Wata, 29, at the request of deputy public prosecutor Nartiah F. Mirchelle Sambatan.
Nartiah applied for an adjournment to prepare the facts of the case and the victims’ impact statements.
The undefended accused admitted to robbing the three women aged between 20 and 24 in a room at a resort in Kinarut, Papar between 3am and 4am on March 16.
The charge, framed under Section 392 of the Penal Code, also stated that the accused took a digital camera and two smartphones.
It carries a jail term of up to 14 years and also liable to a fine, upon conviction.
The accused was denied bail and ordered to be remanded further pending disposal of his case.
In a separate case, the same court extended an arrest warrant of an IMM13 holder who faces an armed robbery charge.
Nartiah told the court that the warrant of arrest against Rizkhana Halim, 43, was not executed.
The court then set April 22 to review the warrant of arrest for the second time and notices to the accused’s sureties were also issued.
The accused was alleged to have committed the robbery of a cellphone belonging to a woman aged 44 with two accomplices who are still at large, using a machete at a car park in front of a nursery clinic in Lintas at 3,40pm on May 8, 2012.
He was charged under Section 395 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 397 of the same Code, which carries a maximum jail of 20 years and whipping, upon conviction.
The warrant of arrest was first issued on February 20.