Man jailed for stealing Saudi Arabia flag from embassy, assaulting his 81-year-old grandmother

SINGAPORE: A person who has been out and in of jail since 2005 was sentenced to jail once more on Wednesday (Oct 27) for stealing a flag from outdoors the Saudi Arabian embassy and assaulting his 81-year-old grandmother who had dementia.

Mohammad Halimun Mohammad Shaifful, 33, was given 11 months' jail. He pleaded responsible to 3 fees of theft and voluntarily inflicting harm to a susceptible particular person, with one other two fees considered.

On Jun 16 this 12 months, Halimun was dwelling with his grandmother, his father and the household's home helper when he went to the kitchen to arrange meals.

His grandmother, who suffered from dementia and required a strolling stick with get round, went to the kitchen intending to go for the bathroom. She stood in entrance of the bathroom door, which was proper behind Halimun.

Halimun all of a sudden circled, kicked his grandmother on her hip and slapped her cheek. The aged lady shouted out in ache and the maid known as out for assist.

Halimun's father was taking a nap in the lounge and bumped into the kitchen the place the maid instructed him what occurred. Worried for the sufferer and the household, he requested his son to depart and the household didn't permit him to return dwelling.

Halimun's sister known as the police that very same day, and the sufferer was later taken to hunt medical consideration. She was prescribed painkillers for a chest contusion.

On Jul 31, Halimun stole a bottle of Pokka Honey Lemon from a grocery store at Peace Centre. An worker on the retailer known as the police saying he had stolen twice however the staff there have been all feminine and "scared to approach him".

At 12.30am on Aug 1, Halimun indifferent the Saudi Arabia flag from its flagpole outdoors the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia and took it with him.

Two days later, embassy employees known as the police saying their nationwide flag was lacking, and Halimun was recognized by closed-circuit tv footage.

He was arrested 4 days after the theft and the flag was present in his bag. Halimun has been in remand since then.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Seah Ee Wei requested for 9 to 12 months' jail, itemizing Halimun's lengthy string of previous convictions starting with being a member of an illegal meeting in 2005.

He was convicted a number of instances through the years for offences similar to legal breach of belief, burglary, legal intimidation and theft, and was in a drug rehabilitation centre a number of instances for drug-related offences.

His newest conviction was in September 2020, the place he was jailed for stealing objects together with a telephone.

Ms Seah mentioned Halimun had reoffended inside half a 12 months of his newest launch from jail, and has earlier violent convictions.

Halimun, who was unrepresented, didn't say something in mitigation. He didn't give any purpose for his thefts nor his assault on his grandmother.