The three accused persons walk to the temporary cell before being sent to the prison to serve their sentence.
KUCHING: Three friends were sentenced to a total of 14 years behind bars and six strokes of whipping by a Sessions Court here after they were found guilty of committing gang robbery at a reflexology centre here last year.
Ibrahim Mohd Razali, 21, Mohd Taufik Sahat, 21, and Nazrul Ain Wahab, 23, failed to cast reasonable doubt after entering their defence before Judge Dayang Ellyn Narisa Abang Ahmad.
They face three charges each under Section 395 of the Penal Code and were given 14 years in jail and two whippings for each charge.
The custodial sentences were however ordered to run concurrently and to take effect from the date of their remand – Dec 5 last year.
They were found guilty for robbing a worker of the reflexology centre of her gold ring and a mobile phone and another worker of her gold ring, two mobile phones and RM500 in cash.
On April 1 DPP Poh Yih Tinn proved there was a prima facie case against the accused who were jointly charged for the
offence.
Poh told the court yesterday that the accused should be given a deterrent sentence because such cases were rampant here. He also said the offence was serious and therefore public interest should be taken into account.