A 30-year-old labourer was sentenced to seven years’ jail and two strokes of the cane by the Pasir Mas Sessions Court for slashing a police officer with a machete.
PASIR MAS: A labourer was sentenced to seven years in prison and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here today after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to a police officer with a machete last week.
Judge Zulkpli Abdullah imposed the sentence on Muhammad Syahid Che Mat, 30, and ordered that he serve the prison term from the date of his arrest on October 17.
Muhammad Syahid was charged with voluntarily causing grievous bodily harm to Corporal Mohd Afiq Amran using a machete in an incident along the roadside in Kampung Lalang Pepuyu, Tanah Merah, at 1.35 pm on October 17.
The charge, framed under Section 326 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and also provides for a fine or caning upon conviction.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Aisyha Na’ilah Harizan prosecuted the case, while the accused was unrepresented.