Local Man Gets 36 Months For Stealing Spree 
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - Senior Magistrate Hj Abdullah Soefri yesterday sentenced a 22-year-old local man, to 36 months jail who suddenly changed his plea to guilty to four theft charges.

The Police Prosecuting Officer said, Jeridin Minggas, was supposed to stand trial on June 5 and 7 when he pleaded not guilty to all the charges. However, he had a change of mind and pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced to 12 months in jail for stealing a Toyota Corolla Space Wagon.

According to the Police Prosecutor, he committed the offence sometime between January 31 and February 1 this year near Bukit Bunga where he spotted the car parked at the garage of house No. 518 in Kg Lumapas.

He unlocked the car by using his own set of  keys, started the car and drove it towards Bandar Seri Begawan where he parked and abandoned the stolen vehicle near the Kg Kianggeh stalls.

Senior Magistrate Hj Abdullah then sentenced him to 12 months jail each  the sentences to run concurrently after he pleaded guilty to two other theft charges. He stole a Sony radio cassette belonging to an Indonesian man and 11 keys and $5 belonging to Abdul Razak building parking booth.

The Police Prosecutor said the defendant on January 28 was loitering around in the capital. He walked towards the underground parking lot and saw a small parking booth and then decided to commit theft.

When he noticed that no one was in the booth, he opened the door and ransacked the place. He spotted a Sony radio cassette and took the item. He also took the 11keys and the cash from the counter and left immediately.

Meanwhile, he received a 12-month custodial sentence when he pleaded guilty to stealing a generator set  belonging to Ak Hj Marzalan Pg Hj Morsidi on February 1^s at a farmhouse at lot No. 202 in Simpang 472, Jalan Bertumpu in Kg Masin.

The Police Prosecutor said all the stolen items were recovered after his arrest.      -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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