A 26-year-old woman’s underwear thief was sentenced to two weeks’ jail by the Kota Kinabalu magistrate’s court yesterday.
The man, Jukni Osman, had stolen five pairs of undergarments belonging to a 19-year-old college student with the intention of using it to masturbate, the court heard.
The Star Online reports that the unemployed man told the court that ‘he did it for fun’ and requested for a fine as punishment. He also revealed that he had only developed this habit recently.
Prosecution officer Insp Lim Swee Being described the offence as ‘creepy’.
We (the prosecution) are afraid that in imposing a very light sentence such as a RM100 fine might not deter the accused from committing this offence again,” he was quoted as saying.
“This is a very creepy offence which would transition into something more serious such as a sexual crime,” he added.
