Bodyguard jailed 12 months for causing hurt


Back to jail: Ja’afar being escorted out of the courtroom.

GEORGE TOWN: The bodyguard who allegedly went on a shooting spree at the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway last December was jailed 12 months after he pleaded guilty to one of the nine charges against him.

Ja’afar Halid, 38, had earlier claimed trial to hurting Lim Boon Leng, 33, but changed his plea when the case came up for mention at a magistrate’s court here yesterday.

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