KUCHING: A Magistrates’ Court here yesterday sentenced a car dealer to a year in jail and a stroke of the cane after he pleaded guilty to cheating a woman of RM2,600 last year.
Magistrate Portia Tham Ong Leng handed down the custodial sentence on Dennis Francis Bilun, 42, from Julau after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
The offence was committed about 3.30pm on Dec 19 2013 at a shopping mall here. He was convicted under Section 420 of the Penal Code which provides a maximum penalty of 10 years’ jail and canning.
The brief fact of the case stated that the complainant had handed over RM2,600 to Dennis for alleged shipping fee of a new car. She lodged a police report when the car never arrived. She contstantly called him but he always gave the excuse that there was a delay.
She lodged a police report and initial police investigation showed that the accused had in fact used the car as his own car. The shipping process was never done and he had pocketed the money.
Inspector Ezan Suhaila Sulaiman prosecuted while Dennis was not represented by any defence counsel.