KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — The closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage revealing how the accused ran off with a mobile phone as soon as the salesman at the Low Yat Plaza turned to take the free gift behind him was showed to those present in the Magistrate’s Court here today.
Police Training Centre (Pulapol) cadet inspector, E. Denis Venoth said the CCTV footage showed that Shahrul Anuar Abdul Aziz was holding the Lenovo mobile phone in his right hand.
The 23-year-old unemployed man was accused of stealing the RM800 mobile phone at Techasia, Low Yat Plaza, Bukit Bintang, at 4.47pm, July 11, last year.
While pointing to the footage, Venoth said the theft occurred after much hard bargaining, when the salesman Eric Chan Weng turned around to get the free gift.
When he turned back, Shahrul Anuar had run off with the mobile phone, said Venoth, who is the 10th and final prosecution witness, during the examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor, S. Malini Anne.
Venoth who had served with the police force for 12 years was the assistant investigating officer in the mobile phone theft case.
He said he was also responsible for obtaining the CCTV camera footage at the scene and copying the footage onto a computer.
Shahrul Anuar was charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a fine upon conviction.
At the hearing today the accused was represented by counsels Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Yahya Zakaria and Ihsan Busyro Zakaria.
The hearing before Magistrate Nur’Aminahtul Mardiah Md Nor will resume on a date to be set later. — Bernama
