Raping daughter: Divorcee gets 18 years, 10 strokes
Published on: Thursday, October 13, 2016
Kota Kinabalu: A 41-year-old divorcee who raped his 15-year-old daughter with an excuse that he had struggled to raise her and her younger siblings was sentenced to 18 years' jail and ordered caned 10 times on Wednesday.Sessions Court Judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim also heard that the victim had delivered a baby girl as a result of the incest committed by the self-employed towards the end of November 2015 in Papar.The man pleaded guilty to committing the crime under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of between eight years and 30 years and liable to whipping on conviction.ADVERTISEMENT Noor Hafizah in meting out the sentence, noted the seriousness of the offence which she said had become frequent lately.In the present case, the responsibilities as a father were not only not met but also betrayed, she said.Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Dinesh Raja told the court that on the said day the victim was in a room of a rented house when the father came and asked her permission to 'touch' her giving the excuse that he had struggled to raise her and her two siblings aged 14 and 10.He was arrested on July 26 this year while sending the victim, who was unwell, to Papar hospital.ADVERTISEMENT Investigations revealed that the man had in 2012 divorced his wife, who then went to the peninsula and that he had taken care of their three children including the victim.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Counsel Kamarudin Mohamad Chinki, who represented the man together with counsel Ram Singh, requested for leniency saying the man regretted his act and promised not to commit similar offences in the future.
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However, DPP Dinesh urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence as it was a heinous crime where the father had misused his position to rape his own daughter who then gave birth to a baby girl.