00:01A 39-year-old deliveryman who stole a woman's underwear from a self-service laundrette
00:07was jailed for nine months by the Ayakaruh Magistrate's Court.
00:11Magistrate Nur Afika Radiyah Zainurin handed down the sentence
00:15after Muhammad Hamdan Awal pleaded guilty on Tuesday
00:18to stealing several pieces of underwear belonging to a 26-year-old woman on October 11.
00:24The court heard that he had stolen the garments to smell them for sexual gratification.
00:30According to the facts of the case,
00:31the woman's husband was doing laundry at a self-service laundrette in Taman Tanjung Minyak Setia
00:37when he discovered that six of his wife's undergarments were missing.
00:41The man lodged a police report after checking closed-circuit television footage
00:45which showed the accused taking his wife's bras and panties.
00:49Prosecuting Officer Inspector Nurzaida Muhammad Zailani sought a deterrent sentence,
00:54citing the nature of the item stolen and the accused's motive.
00:58The court ordered the accused to serve his sentence from the date of his arrest on October 16.
01:03the 6th.
