KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — An unemployed man was sentenced to 21 months in prison and four strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court today for committing a gang robbery against an elderly woman last year.
Judge Datuk Nu’aman Mahmud Zuhudi meted the punishment to Mohd Azizi Abd Rahman, 40, after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
The accused was ordered to serve a prison sentence starting from the date of his arrest on July 27 last year.
Azizi, together with an individual who has been charged and another person who is still at large, were accused of committing gang robbery against Ong Lay Fu, 77, by taking RM6,000 in cash and two mobile phones from a house in Taman P. Ramlee, Wangsa Maju, at 2.30pm on July 27, 2023.
The charge was framed under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34, which provides for a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and whipping upon conviction.
Earlier, lawyer Zainal Omar, who represented Azizi, requested that his client be given a lighter sentence, as he has two young children and a 76-year-old mother.
However, deputy public prosecutor Illya Syaheedah Mohd Razif pressed for just punishment to serve as a lesson to the accused as the incident involved an elderly victim.
Based on the case facts, while the victim was in the living room of the house and looking after her granddaughter, the accused and his two accomplices entered the victim’s house armed with a shovel and a stick.
The trio asked the elderly woman to hand over money and valuables, as well as threatening to hit the woman’s husband with the shovel if she refused to cooperate.
The victim handed over the money and the two mobile phones to the accused in fear before they left the victim’s house with the items.
— Bernama
