A mother of two children was sentenced to four days jail by the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur today after pleading guilty to stealing various items including milk powder at a shopping complex.

Magistrate Mohd Rehan Mohd Aris sentenced Norlelawati Ibrahim, 28 who pleaded guilty to shoplifting 12 items worth RM462.96 including milk powder at Aeon Mid Valley in Kuala Lumpur at 10.15pm on May 28. The court ordered the housewife to serve the sentence from the date of her arrest on May 28.

Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Farith Muhammad Faizal led the prosecution while Norlelawati, who was not represented, pleaded for leniency, saying she and her husband were unemployed and had two children aged 10 and three to feed.

- Bernama