The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fri, 11/25/2011 4:49 PM
A 14-year-old Australian boy has been sentenced to two months in prison by the Denpasar District Court for being caught in possession of narcotics.
The sentence for the boy, known only by his initials LAM, was one month less than the prosecutors’ demand of three months imprisonment.
Judge Amzer Simanjuntak said that the mitigating factors for the lightened sentence were the defendant’s young age, the fact that he admitted to his crime and that he had no record of law infringement.
“I did not receive any pressure from anyone in making this decision,” he said on Friday, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
He added that the location of the boy’s detention would depend on the prosecutors.
The defendant’s lawyer, who has yet to launch an appeal, insisted that the boy should be returned to his parents.
LAM was arrested in Kuta for being in possession of 6.9 grams of Marijuana, which he bought at Kuta beach for Rp 250,000, or around US$25.
(decidedly more fortunate than the Indonesian youngsters rotting away in Aussi jails!) siK.
vr 25 nov 2011 - 16:45