[Causing damage by fire (s.435(1)(c)): need for social and psychiatric assessment; antecedent history to be filed at court; plea of guilty; starting point too high; discount to be one-third; sentence reduced to 6 years 8 months and 6 strokes: no power to reduce strokes to bring it in line with reduced period of imprisonment. ]

MUHAMMAD AMIR BIN HAJI JOHARA v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

COACM/4/2021

Decision date: 24 Nov 2022