KUCHING: Two men were each sentenced to eight months’ jail by a magistrates’ court here yesterday after they pleaded guilty to retaining a stolen Perodua Kancil.
Rashid Ahmad Hassan, 38, and Mohd Shartir Amini Othman, 22, appeared before a magistrate who convicted them on their own guilty plea under Section 411 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same code.
The brief facts of the case stated that around 9am last May 16, a primary school teacher lodged a police report after his Perodua Kancil parked outside a flat at Jalan Batu Kawa went missing.
He lodged a police report and round 5.30pm on the same day, a police team from Bau Police Station arrested two suspects.
Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi who presided over the case ordered the custodial sentence of the duo to take effect immediately.
Inspector Austin Patrick Angkon prosecuted while both accused were not represented.