Man gets 22 years' jail, 18 strokes of the cane for raping stepdaughter
Tuesday, 06 Aug 20195:06 PM MYT
LABUAN (Bernama): A man was sentenced to 22 years’ jail and 18 strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here for committing incest and raping his teenage stepdaughter over the past five years.
Judge Ummu Kalthom Abd Samad meted out the sentence to the 51-year-old man after he had pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Aug 6).
According to the charge sheet, the accused committed incest and had raped the girl since she was 10 years old.
The offences continued until June 13 this year at their house here whenever there was nobody around.
He was charged under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code for rape, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in jail and 10 strokes of the cane.
For incest, the charge was framed under Section 376(A) of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 376B of the same Act, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years’ jail and whipping.
He was sentenced to a total of 22 years’ jail and 18 strokes of the cane for both offences.
The court ordered the jail terms to run consecutively from the date of his arrest on July 4 this year.
Deputy public prosecutor Siti Amirah Muhammad Aliear prosecuted.
The victim lodged a police report on June 13 when she could no longer stand the abuse by her stepfather. - Bernama
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