KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — An unemployed man was sentenced to six years in prison and one stroke of the cane by the Sessions Court today for robbing a man at knife-point of RM50 last week.
Judge Norina Zainol Abidin meted the sentence on M. Krishnamurthi, 49, who pleaded guilty to the robbery charge.
He was charged with robbing Chai Fuh Chang, 43, at the Jinjang MRT motorcycle parking lot at 11.55am on Dec 7.
The charge was framed under Section 392 of the Penal Code, which provides imprisonment for up to 14 years and can be fined or whipped upon conviction.
Krishnamurthi was ordered to serve jail from the date of arrest on December 7.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Illya Syaheedah Mohd Razif prosecuted, while the accused was unrepresented.
— Bernama
