MUAR: An unemployed man was sentenced to four years' jail and three strokes of the rotan by the sessions court after pleading guilty to robbing a 13-year-old boy of his iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Judge Mohd Khairi Haron passed sentence on Ashyraf Ariff Mansor, 34.

He was charged alongside his alleged accomplice, Muhamad Azam Ismail, 34, who claimed trial.

The two were jointly charged with robbing the victim of his mobile phone in Taman Indah on the evening of Oct 8.