Ex-bodyguard gets 6 years jail, caning for robbery, assault

2026-03-08 - 10:24

Magistrate Syaiful Akmal Razi also sentenced Faizal Sinorcho to another 24 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to using criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty. (Pexels pic) SUNGAI PETANI: A former bodyguard who impersonated a police officer was sentenced to a six-year jail term and two strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to robbing a motorcyclist and causing injury to the victim last month. The accused, Faizal Sinorcho, 40, entered the plea before sessions court judge Najwa Che Mat here today. According to the charge, he robbed a man of his motorcycle and intentionally caused injury to the victim in front of the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) office on Jalan Cindai, Bandar Puteri Jaya, here at 12.45am on Feb 9. The charge, framed under Section 392 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment and may also include a fine or whipping upon conviction. Meanwhile, Faizal was also sentenced to seven months in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of impersonating a police officer at two separate magistrates’ courts. Before magistrate Azlan Basri, he was charged with posing as a police officer by wearing a vest bearing the police logo and holding handcuffs in front of a woman at the entrance of CMart Cengal here at 12.45am on Feb 9. He was charged under Section 170 of the Penal Code and sentenced to a five-month jail term. Before magistrate Syaiful Akmal Razi, he was charged with posing as a police officer by wearing a vest bearing the police logo and deceiving a woman in a Perodua Viva travelling from Gerik, Perak to Sungai Petani, Kedah between 5.50pm and 11.30pm on Feb 8. He was charged under Section 171 of the Penal Code and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. Syaiful also sentenced Faizal to another 24 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to using criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty at the same time, place and date. The charge was framed under Section 354 of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of up to 10 years, or a fine, or whipping, or any two of those punishments upon conviction.