A 22-year-old assistant lorry driver was sentenced to five years’ jail by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today for breaking into a Federal Court judge’s house and stealing several items worth an estimated RM11,300.

Ahmad Norfais Ishak pleaded guilty to breaking into Justice Balia Yusof Wahi's house on Jalan Kent in Wangsa Maju, via the toilet window, and stealing two Nikon cameras, three Porsche model cars, a Go Pro camera, a power bank with a Palace of Justice label, a lens kit for a mobile phone, a mobile hard disk, a pair of shoes and a government-issued HP laptop, all of which were estimated to be worth RM11,300.

The crime occurred about 6.10am on Oct 22, 2017.

Ahmad Norfais was charged under Section 457 of the Penal Code and was ordered to serve the minimum five years’ jail.

Surrendered at the Sg Buloh police station

He was arrested the next day, after surrendering himself at the Sungai Buloh police station.

After police compared Ahmad Norfais' fingerprints with those found at the scene, he then led them to several locations to recover the stolen goods.

Legal Aid Centre lawyer Ernie Ahmad, who appeared for the accused, said during mitigation that he had cooperated with the police by surrendering himself a day after the incident, which led to the recovery of the items, except the stolen cash.

Ernie asked the court to utilise its discretion to bind over the accused under Section 294 of the Criminal Procedure Code, as he had a family to support.

“He only earns RM1,100 and is married with three children. He vouched he would not repeat such an offence. There is no element of violence in this case,” she said.

Deputy public prosecutor Nurakmal Farhan Aziz said a bound over sentence would not be suitable due to the gravity of the crime.

“A break-in is a serious crime and the court should give a deterrent sentence to send the right message to the people,” Nurakmal said.

Sessions judge Shamsudin Abdullah ordered Ahmad Norfais to serve five years in jail from the date of his arrest on Oct 23.