Ex-cop jailed for gang robbery

An ex-police constable was sentenced to eight years’ jail after he was found guilty of committing gang robbery nearly two years ago.

Sessions Court judge Rozina Ayob ordered Mohd Syam Manar, 29, to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest on Jan 29 last year.

In passing sentence, Rozina said the prosecution had succeeded in proving the case beyond reasonable doubt.

She said the accused also failed to prove that he was not colluding with two others, who are still at large, in the robbery.

Mohd Syam, who represented himself in the trial, was charged with robbing Nurul Huda Mohd Zakaria, 23, of her motorcycle at NPE, near Wisma Peladang, Petaling Jaya, at 11pm on Dec 3, 2008. — Bernama