The Court of Appeal allowed the Public Prosecutor's application to increase sentence of an offender involved in a case of criminal breach of trust from 12 to 20 months' imprisonment.

Justices John Barry Mortimer, Leonard and Burrell decided that the sentencing judge took a low starting point of 18 months citing the delay of the case by five years.

The Court of Appeal opined that the delay of the case merited a discount on sentence, however, the starting point taken by the judge was too low.

The sentence was revised as the Court of Appeal took a starting point of 30 months' imprisonment and gave a one third discount for the inordinate delay in the case of Mohamad Yusmin Hatta bin Md Yusop.

Mohamad Yusmin Hatta, a teller at a bank, was convicted by the Intermediate Court in September this year on a charge of criminal breach of trust for swindling $54,901.75 cash belonging to the bank, between March and July 2010 at the bank's branch in Sumbangsih Bahagia.

DPP Farhanah binti Pehin Dato Suhaili appeared as appellant on behalf of the Public Prosecutor.

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