Pedicab drivers jailed for theft

Pedicab drivers jailed for theft

PAREPARE, South Sulawesi: The local district court here sentenced three pedicab (becak) drivers found guilty of stealing a music amplifier to five-months jail each on Wednesday.

The Parepare court said the three defendants - Iwan, 21, Joping, 19, and Juananto, 20 -- had climbed a fence and smashed windows of a locked house belonging to Andi Agussalim, a resident on Jalan Daeng Parani. It was not clear when the theft took place.

The sentence was more lenient than that urged by prosecutors who sought seven-month jail terms.

The suspects, who were not represented by lawyers, said they would not appeal against the verdict and promised not to offend again. --Antara