Eight Pickpockets In WSBK Sentenced To One Year In Prison

Lombok District Court/Photo: Antara

CENTRAL LOMBOK - The Central Lombok District Attorney, West Nusa Tenggara stated that as many as eight defendants in the case of pickpocketing at the WSBK Mandalika 2021 event had been found guilty and each was sentenced to one year in prison by the local District Court judges. lower than the prosecutor's demand, which is two years in prison," said Head of Central Lombok Public Prosecutor's Office, Herlambang Surya in Praya, Thursday, March 10. The defendant's actions are as regulated and threatened with criminality in Article 363 paragraph (1) of the 4th Criminal Code. "Eight defendants have served sentences at the Class II B Praya Rutan," he said, quoted by Antara. LN and DT and the other defendants occurred on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at around 12.00 WITA or at Gate 3 (three) food stands in the Mandalika Circuit area, Kuta Village, Pujut District, Central Lombok Regency. Where the defendants came from Jakarta to Lombok NTB to commit theft. After they arrived in Lombok, NTB, they stayed at one of Duyung's home stays in the Grupuk area of Central Lombok.

Furthermore, on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at around 11.00 WITA, the four defendants headed to the Mandalika Circuit when they arrived at the Mandalika Circuit area, to be exact at the food stand area. The defendants were looking for a target who was wearing a sling bag. and someone in charge of opening the bag and immediately took the victim's cell phone. Furthermore, the cell phone was given to the other defendants to trick the victim and the cellphone to be handed over to the other defendants who were waiting near the toilet box. It didn't take long, the police officers who received the victim's report managed to arrest the defendants who were a pickpocket syndicate from Jakarta who was in action. on the momentum of the 2021 World Superbike (WSBK) racing event at the Mandalika Circuit, West Nusa Tenggara.