KUALA LUMPUR: A p-hailing rider was today sentenced to two weeks in jail by the magistrate's court for stealing raw prawns and squid worth RM350 from a wet market.
Magistrate Wong Chai Sia meted out the sentence on Khamirul Azmi Basli,35, after he pleaded guilty to stealing the food items from a Datuk Keramat market trader at 10.30pm on Jan 9.
He was charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code for theft which carries a maximum 10 years jail and fine.
Khamirul, who was unrepresented, pleaded for a lighter sentence.
"I plead guilty for stealing. But I did not steal to sell the item but I just want to eat it.
"I apologise and promise not to repeat the mistake.
"I ask Your Honour's discretion to lighten my sentence," he said, adding that he had a mother who lived alone.
Wong ordered him to serve the sentence from the date he was arrested on Jan 22.
Deputy public prosecutor Vivien Yeap Jie Xi earlier asked the court to impose an appropriate sentence to serve a lesson.