Seller fabric jailed 5 years

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KOTA BHARU - A cloth seller was sentenced to five years' jail and four strokes of the sessions court yesterday , after admitting snatching the handbag of a woman dealer last year.

Judge Sentences decided Mohd Yusoff Mohd Yunus against Shaifuldin Ismail , 26 , from Kubang Kerian , here . He was charged on counts of amendments rob Yung Mee Chong , 56 , a black handbag , a necklace and bracelet with white in front of a shop in Batu 4 , Jalan Kuala Krai , here , July 17 .

Mohd Yusoff also sentenced each year of a knife offense and failed to submit the identity card . All three sentences into force simultaneously .

Earlier, lawyers Karmazubi Shaary appeal light sentence imposed but the state objected to the Deputy Public Prosecutor , Nor Hamizah Ghazali, who sought a deterrent sentence against the accused public interest and snatch thefts were often reported in the media .

" The victim was also injured and traumatized by this incident , " he said. Date discretion friend of the accused , Mohd Amirul Aripin Afizam Mat , 25 , pleaded no one designated as 30 and 31 March. .