Man gets jail, caning for hitting elderly mother with brick in Long Lama
MIRI (June 13): The Sessions Court here today sentenced a man to three years imprisonment and one stroke of the cane for injuring his mother with a brick.
Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman convicted Frankie Wan, 45, from Long Puak in Long Lama, Baram, on his own guilty plea to a charge under Section 324 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 326A of the same Code.
Section 324 provides for up to 10 years' imprisonment, or a fine, or caning, or any two of such punishments upon conviction, and Section 326A carries a penalty of imprisonment of up to twice the maximum term provided under Section 324.
According to the facts of the case, Frankie was found to have deliberately injured his 71-year-old mother using a brick.
He committed the offence on June 8 at around 6.30pm at their residence at Kampung Long Puak, Long Lama, Baram.
Deputy Public Prosecutor David Bakit Nuing prosecuted the case while the accused was unrepresented by legal counsel. assault Baram elderly mother jail
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