PUTRAJAYA – An odd job worker will serve 25 years in jail with 24 strokes of the cane for raping his stepdaughter in 2015.
The 41-year-old man initially appealed to the Court of Appeal, seeking a lesser prison term but withdrew his appeal today.
This was after Justice Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said, who led a three-member bench told the man that the 25 years jail term was reasonable as he had five rape charges of which he will serve concurrently.
Justice Kamaludin told him that the maximum jail term imposed under the law for such an offence is 30 years, adding that the court could order him to serve the jail term consecutively which means he would be in prison longer.
Standing in the accused dock in blue prison uniform, the man then told the court that he wanted to withdraw the appeal against his jail sentence. He was unrepresented.
Justice Kamaludin, who presided with justices Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Datuk Azman Abdullah then struck out the appeal.
On February 27, 2019, the Kluang sessions court found the man guilty of five rape charges involving his 13-year-old stepdaughter. It sentenced him to 25 years in jail and 10 strokes of the rotan for each charge and ordered the imprisonment term to run concurrently from the date he was arrested on Oct 19, 2015, which means he will only serve 25 years in jail.
His appeal to reduce the jail term was dismissed by the Muar High Court on October 14, 2020. – Bernama, May 5, 2023
