KUALA LUMPUR – A vegetable seller who stabbed his former employer on the head with a machete was today sentenced to two years in prison by the sessions court here, for voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
The former committed the attack after being slapped by the latter for being rude to a colleague.
Judge Datuk Nu’aman Mahmud Zuhudi handed down the sentence on E. Thomas Gabriel Gomez, 22, who pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon on A. Utaiya Sangkar, 33, at the Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market here at 11pm last July 23.
The charge, under Section 326 of the Penal Code, provides for imprisonment for up to 20 years for those found guilty, as well as a fine or whipping.
Gomez was ordered to serve the jail sentence from his arrest, which was last July 24.
Deputy public prosecutor Abdul Khaliq Nazeri prosecuted, while the accused was represented by lawyer K. Komagen. – Bernama, August 15, 2022
