KUCHING, Oct 29: A food delivery rider with a string of prior convictions was sentenced to seven years’ jail and one stroke of the rotan today for robbing a woman near her home in Demak and escaping on his motorcycle.

Mohammad Shafiq Azwan Razaman, 31, pleaded guilty to robbery under Section 392 of the Penal Code before Sessions Court Judge Shafiza Datu Abdul Razak Tready.

He was unrepresented. The offence carries up to 14 years’ jail, and offenders may also be fined or whipped.

The court heard that the 43-year-old victim was walking with her mother along Lorong Demak Bayu at about 2pm on Oct 21 when a man on a motorcycle rode up and yanked the older woman’s handbag from her arm.