Baby gear thief gets 7 months<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A judge at the Central Jakarta District Court
\nsentenced defendant Kurnia Julfon, 34, to seven months in jail on
\nFriday after he was found guilty of stealing a bag containing
\nbaby gear and Rp 70,000 (US$9) at Cipto Mangunkusumo General
\nHospital in July.<\/p>\n
In Friday's trial, prosecutor Samadi Budisyam demanded the
\ncourt sentence the defendant to nine months in prison.<\/p>\n
According to the prosecutor, the defendant violated Article
\n362 of the Criminal Code on theft, which carries a maximum
\nsentence of five years in jail.<\/p>\n
Judge Endang Sri Sumarsih said the defendant stole a red bag,
\nbelonging to witness Erik Puang Naboe, from the hospital's labor
\nroom on the third floor. The bag contained baby gear and Rp
\n70,000.<\/p>\n
The judge said the witness met the defendant at the hospital
\non July 24, when the witness was waiting for his pregnant wife,
\nwho was having a checkup.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant told the witness that he was waiting for his
\npregnant wife too,\" said the judge.<\/p>\n
After conversing for a few minutes, the witness entrusted the
\nbag to the defendant while he went to the hospital's drug store
\non the ground floor to buy medicine prescribed by the doctor, she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
But the defendant disappeared along with the bag belonging to
\nErik, who reported the theft to the hospital's security guards.<\/p>\n
Five days later Erik met the defendant again when he took his
\nwife to the hospital for another checkup.<\/p>\n
Erik apprehended the defendant and handed him over to
\nhospital's security personnel, the judge said. (asa)<\/p>",
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