The Court of Appeal on November 23 reduced the sentence of a man who stole from the mosque, after giving consideration to its totality principle.
Muhammad Shahriman bin Rahman’s sentence of 42 months’ jail with two canings was revised to 32 months’ jail with two strokes.
On April 9, the Intermediate Court handed the sentence to the appellant after he pleaded guilty to five charges of theft of valuable properties from different mosques, three committed this year, while two in 2020 and 2021.
More details on Sunday’s Borneo Bulletin
