IPOH – A labourer was sentenced to six years in prison and two strokes of the cane by the sessions court here today for committing sexual assault on a four-year-old girl last Saturday.
Judge Norita Mohd Ardani meted out the punishment on the 38-year-old man after he pleaded guilty to committing the offence, and ordered him to serve the jail sentence from today.
He was also ordered to be placed under police surveillance for two years after serving the jail sentence.
The accused was charged with committing the act against the four-year-old girl behind a house in Kg Chulek, Kampar at about 9pm, on December 25, 2021.
He was charged under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which provides a maximum jail term of 20 years and whipping, and police surveillance for a minimum of one year and a maximum of three years, upon conviction.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Nur Amanina Zulkefli pressed for an appropriate punishment to serve as a lesson to the accused, who is also the victim’s relative.
The man, who was not represented, appealed for leniency on the grounds that he was looking after his ailing father.
According to the facts of the case, on the day of the incident, the girl came crying to the mother who was at the front of the house, and told her what happened after the accused took her to the back of the house.
The mother then lodged a police report and the accused was later arrested at 12.45am on December 26. – Bernama, December 31, 2021
