Unemployed man sentenced to four months jail and rotan for stealing shoes in surau

KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man was sentenced to four months' jail and a stroke of the rotan by the Magistrate's Court here today for stealing shoes at the surau of a shopping mall, earlier this month.
Rosli Mohd Yusof, 45, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mohd Faizal Ismail after the charge was read to him and the magistrate ordered the accused to serve his sentence from the date of his arrest on Aug 19.
He was accused of stealing a pair of shoes worth RM380 that belonged to Sadat Abu Bakar, a 36-year-old promoter at a surau situated at Basement Level 2, Pavillion, Bukit Bintang, here on Aug 8.
Rosli was charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of up to 10 years or a fine and repeated offences subjected to whipping.
Earlier in mitigation, Rosli who was not represented, appealed to the court to give a light sentence as he has a family to take care in his hometown.
Prosecution officer ASP Zuraimi Kamarozzaman urged the court to give a deterrent sentence as this was not the first time the accused was charged for theft. — Bernama