KUCHING: Norsalihmin Rohmin, 23, from Kampung Tabuan Melayu pleaded not guilty to robbing a man of two mobile phones and RM200 cash around 4pm on May 18.
Session Court judge Dayang Ellyn Narisa Abang Ahmad released him on RM8,000 bail with RM1,000 cash to be deposited with the court in two local sureties pending the disposal of the case.
He will be tried in the same court on August 20 and 21, while the pre-trial case management was set for July 22.
Gang robbery comes under Section 395 of the Penal Code and carries a maximum penalty of 20 years’ jail on conviction.
The brief fact of case stated that a complainant reported that a man he knew as Wak Jedi had entered his rented room and took his mobile phones.
In his bid to stop him from getting the phones the suspect hit him and grabbed his wallet before he fled with another person who was waiting outside the house on a motorbike.
The complainant immediately lodged a police report which led to Norsalihmin being picked from his house on June 21.
Inspector Austin Patrick Angkon prosecuted.