Fingerprints Point At A TV Thief
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - Fingerprints have sent a 27-year-old man who stole two sets of 29 inch TVs and a video player to one year in jail yesterday. Currently Kamarul Zaman Bahrom is serving a four-year term for extortion.

The court heard that Kamarul was resting on the stairs of Block B-2 of the Chempaka building leading to Lux (B) Sdn Bhd office on August 23, 1998 and soon he decided to commit theft of the valuables inside the office.

He forced open the main door leading to the office and seeing that no one was around, he carried all the items to his car that was parked near the building.

He immediately left the building and went home to his house in Kg Tamoi Tengah.

The manager reported the theft the next day at the BSB Central Police Station.

Investigations commenced and a team of police from the fingerprint unit were called for fingerprint lifting. The team successfully lifted nine prints from various areas inside the office.

The same prints were studied and compared with the records of previous offenders and was found they were identical to the defendant's prints, the court heard. (Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin)

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