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Jobless man jailed for snatching wife’s necklace

- Compiled by FATIMAH ZAINAL, JAROD LIM and R. ARAVINTHAN

A JOBLESS man who snatched his own wife’s necklace to feed his drug addiction was sentenced to a year in jail and fined RM5,000 by the Kangar Sessions Court, reported Kosmo!

Judge Johari Hassan sentenced Mohd Faris Sauti, 32, after the latter admitted to the charge.

Mohd Fairus was accused of snatching his wife’s necklace on July 25 at a house in Jalan Stadium Utama, Kangar, Perlis.

According to case facts, investigat­ions found that the accused was a hardcore drug addict and had asked his wife for money to buy drugs.

The wife refused to give the money, causing him to snatch the necklace from her neck before leav- ing their house in her Perodua Axia to look for drugs.

The daily also reported that the accused and the victim were still married but that the woman is currently in the process of filing for divorce at the Syariah Court.

> A herd of elephants destroyed a car that accidental­ly crashed into them at Batu 8, Jalan Mawai, Kota Tinggi, Johor, reported Berita Harian.

The driver Mohd Khairol Abdul Karim, 33, had been on the way home to Kampung Padang, Tanjung Sedili, after visiting his youngest child who was being warded at the Sultan Ismail Hospital.

While driving on a downhill road, Mohd Khairol saw some elephants and tried to slow down his vehicle but accidental­ly grazed the legs of one of the four elephants.

Mohd Khairol’s wife Shasha Nurul Huda Abd Razak, 32, said her husband could only slow down as he was worried about being hit by a car from the back.

She said after his car hit the elephant’s legs, he continued to drive but was shocked when the elephants went after his car.

“My husband was shocked but thankfully, he managed to exit the car and hide at the roadside while helplessly watching the car being crushed by the elephants.

“Shortly after, the elephants moved on to an oil palm plantation, leaving the car,” she said.

Mohd Khairol was hurt by shards of glass and sustained light injuries to his eye, head, shoulder and hand.

> Host and humanitari­an Mizz Nina, 38, has never given up on trying to conceive a child after seven years of marriage to Hujan vocalist Noh Salleh, 33.

Harian Metro reported that Mizz Nina, whose real name is Shazrina Azman, said they have tried modern treatment such as in-vitro fertilisat­ion (IVF) and that she has blogged about her experience previously.

“My husband and family members are understand­ing and have never been pushy,” said the What You Waiting For hit-maker when met after the Yasmin Mogahed Malaysia Tour 2018 at a shopping mall.

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