News @ AsiaOne

Three jailed for shoplifting

All offenders had no jobs, no food and two children each to support. -ST
Elena Chong

Fri, Jan 02, 2009
The Straits Times

THE three heartlanders who stole from supermarkets all had no jobs, no food and two children each to support.

All three also have previous convictions for similar offences. They were jailed between 10 weeks and eight months on Friday.

Nurhayati Said, 30, was given 17 weeks' jail for stealing about $26 worth of food items from Cold Storage, Causeway Point Shopping Centre, in Woodlands Square on Dec 31.

 

 


For more The Straits Times stories, click here.

 
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
 
 
Copyright ©2007 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. Regn. No. 198402868E. All rights reserved.
Privacy Statement Conditions of Access Advertise