Dad jailed after taking teen son on crime spree
The New Paper
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013
SINGAPORE - The judge said he was "disgusted" and asked repeatedly: "How can you possibly get your son involved in this?"
On Thurdday, District Judge Shaifuddin Saruwan ticked off Izad Eunos, 42, for roping in his 16-year-old son for a stealing spree.
Izad and his son, Asyrul Mursalin Muhamad Izad, had pleaded guilty to stealing 10 bottles of perfume from a departmental store.
Father and son were waiting to be sentenced when the judge made his comments.
Last December, Izad and Asyrul went to Mustafa Centre in Little India, where they each stole five bottles of perfume, which had a total cost of $240.
This included a bottle of Davidoff Cool Water eau de toilette which cost $42 and a bottle of Hugo Boss eau de toilette worth $89.
They put the bottles in their back pockets and the front of their trousers after discarding the boxes.
Two security guards separately spotted them behaving suspiciously and followed them.
When father and son met up and left via the Lembu Road exit, they set off the store's security alarm and were detained by the guards.
Past offences
In court on Thursday, it was revealed that Izad has past offences of theft and possession of controlled substances.
Judge Shaifuddin said: "I'm not so much disgusted by your thieving act but by your actions as a father. How could you get your son involved?"
He turned to Asyrul and asked why the youngster had run away from a welfare home that he had been sent to as part of his probation.
It is not known why the boy was serving probation.
When Asyrul replied in Malay that he was afraid he could not complete the full probation because of "bad influences inside", the judge retorted: "Rubbish".
He said: "You're only 16. Is this the best you can do? Be a petty thief?"
Judge Shaifuddin reminded Asyrul about his siblings and asked if he wanted them to follow in his footsteps, but the youth just looked down and kept silent.
Izad was sentenced to three weeks' jail. His son will be sentenced next month.
