A SINGLE father was jailed three years by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to robbing a woman at a self-service laundry two weeks ago. 

Judge Izralizam Sanusi sentenced former restaurant worker Mohamed Ghibran Mohamed Yusof, 23, after he pleaded guilty to robbery by snatching a handbag containing personal items and RM200 in cash, belonging to a 64-year-old government pensioner. 

According to the facts of the case, the accused was alleged to have suddenly grabbed the handbag on the woman’s right shoulder before fleeing on a motorcycle while the victim was trying to put curtains into a dryer at a laundry shop in Cheras at 7.30am on December 11. 

The charge was framed under section 392 of the penal code, which provides for a maximum prison sentence of 14 years and a fine or whipping. 

The court also ordered the father of two to serve the prison sentence starting from the date of his arrest on December 21. 

Before handing down the sentence, Izralizam said the accused should not take the opportunity to commit a crime against the single mother whose husband had died. 

“You are young and do not have any illness, but you choose to commit robbery to get easy money. Try to imagine that the victim is your own mother who was attacked. You didn’t think about that when you committed the crime,” said the judge. 

Ghibran, who cried on the dock said: “I know, Your Honour.”

Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Roslizi Sulaiman asked for an appropriate sentence as a lesson to the accused, while Ghibran, who was not represented, appealed for a lighter sentence on the grounds of supporting two children and a sick mother.

“My wife and I are divorced and our two children are in my care. I am sorry Your Honour. I beg not to be imprisoned because I have to take care of my children,” said the accused. – Bernama, December 28, 2022.