SINGAPORE – Despite being arrested numerous times for offences including shoptheft and attempted housebreaking, a man continued to break the law.
On Oct 21, Muhammad Syairul Hisham Hashim, 37, was sentenced to two years and eight months’ jail.
He pleaded guilty to one count each of consuming methamphetamine, possessing diamorphine and attempting to commit housebreaking, as well as three counts of theft.
A total of 33 other charges, which were for offences committed over a period of one year and four months, were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
Court documents show that around October 2024, Syairul’s friend Ahmad Irshad Hamid purchased drugs from an unknown seller at an Owen Road HDB flat.
About a week later, Ahmad decided to break into the seller’s flat to commit theft. He told Syairul of his plan to deceive a locksmith into breaking the lock. Syairul agreed to accompany him.
Outside the flat on Oct 7, 2024, Ahmad lied to the locksmith that the unit belonged to his uncle, before showing him a forged IC to back up the lie.
The locksmith agreed to open the lock for the men, but their actions were caught on a CCTV camera that the seller had placed on his gate.
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