Shoplifter gets three months

Shoplifter gets three months

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court sentenced a 20-year-old
man to three months in jail yesterday for shoplifting in Matahari
department store on Jl. Kapten Muslihat here on Dec. 5 last year.

The verdict was two months lighter than that demanded by
prosecutor Sri Hartatie.

The defendant, Bakroni, was charged under Article 362 of the
Criminal Code on stealing.

Judge Nafisah said during the reading of the verdict that the
defendant received a lighter sentence because he was still young
and it was expected he would reform.

Bakroni, according to the prosecutor, shoplifted while the
train on which he was traveling made a stopover at Bogor Station.

"While waiting for the train to continue its journey, he
entered the department store not far from the station," Sri said.

He stealthily tried on a pair of shoes and put his sandals
into the shoe box.

But he was spotted by one of the store's security guards who
immediately apprehended him and handed him over to the police.
(24/hhr)