16-yr-old gets 8 years for murder

16-yr-old gets 8 years for murder

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday
sentenced Harlan Adi Majreha, 16, to eight years in prison after
finding him guilty of murdering his employer on Sept. 5.

The sentence is more lenient than the 10 years sought by the
prosecutors, and was half of the maximum 20-year sentence for
murder cases as stipulated in the Criminal Code.

Taking the defendant's age into consideration, the judges
reduced the sentence.

Harlan told the court that the victim, Fredy Maneman, 50, used
to verbally abuse him when he worked as a helper at Fredy's
house.

He said the murder was not premeditated. On the day that it
occurred he was intending to return a book and to take his towel
and clothes home, when the two exchanged words and Harlan ended
up stabbing Fredy to death. -- JP