KUCHING, Sept. 4 -- An unemployed man was sentenced to six years in prison and fined RM5,000 in default two months' jail by the Sessions Court here yesterday for causing a fire at an apartment block last month.

Judge Iris Awen Jon meted out the sentence after Wan Mohammad Adenan Wan Umar, 44, pleaded guilty to a charge of committing mischief by fire, framed under Section 435 of the Penal Code.

The Section provides for imprisonment of up to 14 years and a fine, upon conviction.

Wan Mohammad Adenan, unrepresented, committed the offence at Residensi PR1MA Premier Matang here at around 3.30pm on Aug 27.

The act caused damage to the walls and floor of an apartment block.

The facts of the case stated that the accused, who was under financi...