BATU PAHAT: An 18-year-old scrap metal collector pleaded guilty at the Yong Peng magistrate's court today to assaulting his 75-year-old grandmother with a belt and threatening her with a parang.

Khairul Adam Yusof entered the plea after the two charges were read out before magistrate Mustaqim Sukarno.

He was charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code with voluntarily causing hurt to his grandmother at a house along Jalan Labis-Yong Peng at 6pm on Oct 6.

The offence carries a maximum jail term of one year, a fine of up to RM2,000, or both, upon conviction.