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Criminal Appeal No. 9 of 2025

by hardy.ukit | Jun 20, 2025 | Allowed, Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam, Judgment

[Criminal Law – Housebreaking – Theft – Criminal trespass – Extensive antecedents comprising 18 previous convictions, including 11 theft-related offences – Individual sentences within established sentencing range – Offences committed against two separate victims on different occasions – Consecutive sentence appropriate – Neither individual sentences nor aggregate sentence excessive – Guilty plea taken into account by reduction of custodial sentence on 1st charge – Corresponding reduction in sentence of whipping should also have been made – Appeal allowed to limited extent – Sentence of 3 strokes reduced to 2 strokes.]

Hasmyzan Hamzi bin Haji Hashim v Public Prosecutor

COACM/9/2025

Decision date: 20 Jun 2026