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Appeals court upholds 20 years’ jail for man who raped 7-year-old granddaughter | Scoop

Mahkamah-Persekutuan-Malaysia-Federal-Court-of-Malaysia-2-scaled — The Court of Appeal has today rejected the appeal by a man convicted of raping his granddaughter for a lower jail sentence. – Scoop pic, April 16, 2024

Appeals court upholds 20 years’ jail for man who raped 7-year-old granddaughter

Three-person bench rules no merit in 71-year-old’s appeal for reduced sentence

Updated 16 April, 2024

16 April, 2024

7:12 PM MYT

PUTRAJAYA – The Court of Appeal today upheld the 20-year jail sentence imposed on a man for raping his 7-year-old granddaughter six years ago.

A three-person bench comprising justices Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Azmi Ariffin dismissed the 71-year-old’s appeal for a lower jail sentence.

Justice Hadhariah said there was no merit in the man’s appeal and the court affirmed the high court’s decision.

He was ordered to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest on August 5, 2021.

On August 16, 2021, the man was sentenced to 18 years’ jail by the sessions court after he pleaded guilty to raping the girl, who was 7-years-and-7-months-old, in an apartment in Kajang, Selangor at 6.30pm on April 1, 2018.

He was also ordered to go for counselling for 10 years and undergo police supervision for three years.

The man appealed to the high court and at the same time, the prosecution cross-appealed seeking an increase in the jail term.

On March 2, 2022, the high court allowed the prosecution’s cross-appeal and raised the jail term to 20 years.

Lawyer Afiq Audy represented the man while deputy public prosecutor P. Sarulatha appeared for the prosecution. – April 16, 2024

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