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Kota Kinabalu: A 47-year-old man was on Thursday fined RM800 or a week’s jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for by puncturing the tyre of his uncle’s car in Penampang, early this month.

Adrian Ivan pleaded guilty before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to committing mischief.

He punctured the tyre of Peter @ Paul, 66, who suffered a loss of RM150.

The offence took place on July 6, at 8.30am, at Kg Domis, Hungab.

The case facts presented by the prosecution stated the complainant lodged a police report on July 9 after discovering that the left front tyre of his car had been punctured and showed signs of suspected slashing with a sharp object. 

Later that day, Peter approached Adrian and accused him of being involved in the incident. 

The weapon believed to have been used to slash the complainant’s tyre was seized before both Adrian and the weapon were handed over to the police. 

The complainant believed the incident was linked to Adrian, his nephew, and that it was the fourth occurrence. 

 Police investigations uncovered solid evidence connecting Adrian to the case.

Adrian was charged under Section 427 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of between one year and five years or fine or both, on conviction.

 In another case, a 31-year-old woman was ordered to pay a fine of RM800 or one month jail for having gambling paraphernalia.

 Juliana Ibrahim admitted to purchasing three pieces of illegal lottery tickets on July 11, at 6pm, in front of a premises in Kepayan Low-Cost Housing.

The court found from the case facts tendered by the prosecution that Juliana was detained during a raid conducted by police following an information of gambling activity.

Prior to her arrest, the police had monitored her activity for five minutes and found a Wah Hui gambling activity had been carried out by Juliana.

The charge under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 provides for a fine of RM5,000 or a jail term of up to six months or both, on conviction.

Meanwhile, a 56-year-old man was ordered to pay a fine of RM100 or a day’s jail for fraudulently having RM3,050 deposited into his bank account, four years ago.

Jaipol Malatas pleaded guilty to having the money belonging to Joali Belun, in his CIMB bank account which he failed to give a satisfactory explanation on how he obtained them here on June 22, 2022.

The offence under Section 22A (1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance, provides a fine of up to RM100 or up to three months jail or both, on conviction.

Inspector Suzie SK prosecuted.