Brunei jailbird ordered to serve four more years on top on sentence after admitting to more theft

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): A local man currently serving 19 months’ jail was ordered to serve another four years after admitting to additional theft to the court.

Ampuan Abdul Wali Al-Wali Ampuan Abdul Rahman initially claimed trial to the charges, but had a change of mind and pleaded guilty to two charges of dealing with stolen properties, a luxury watch and a water jet sometime in August and October 2023.

Prosecutor Ahmad Firdaus Mohammad revealed that the owners realised that their belongings were missing and filed police reports, leading to the discovery of the items in the defendant’s possession at home. Judge Harnita Zelda Skinner further heard that the defendant knew the items were stolen property.

He had accompanied another person on the purchase of the watch and assisted by keeping it.

The defendant purchased the water jet himself, despite knowing that it was stolen property.

The defendant’s 19 months’ jail sentence was for offences he committed sometime in August and September 2023, where he had stolen a car, fled from the police on being suspected and switched the stolen car’s number plates to avoid detection.

The court weighed on the defendant’s past records of offences against property on handing sentence. – Borneo Bulletin/ANN