Raping, molesting daughter: Filipino gets 44 years
Published on: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
By: Mardinah Jikur
The offence, under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code, carries a jail term of between 10 and 30 years, and at least 10 strokes of whipping, on conviction.
SANDAKAN: A 43-year-old Filipino who raped and molested his daughter was jailed a total of 44 years and ordered to be given 21 strokes of the cane.
Sessions Court Judge Zaini Fishir @ Fisal meted out the sentence to the man after he pleaded guilty to two counts of raping his daughter and one charge of molesting her.
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On the first count, the man was jailed 20 years plus 10 strokes of the cane for raping the girl who was 12 years-old at the time of the incident in 2018 behind a house in a palm oil estate, here.
The incident happened on the pretext of inviting the victim to catch chickens, when he later pulled her into the estate behind the house and raped her there.
On the second count, he was sentenced to another 20 years plus 20 strokes of the cane for raping the victim when she was 13 in 2019 at a living room of a house, here, while no one was home.
The offence, under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code, carries a jail term of between 10 and 30 years, and at least 10 strokes of whipping, on conviction.
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The victim did not reveal both the incidents to her family because the father had threatened to kill her.
On the third count, he was sent to prison for another four years and ordered to get a stroke of the cane for molesting the victim who is now 18-years-old, at 1am on Aug 25 this year at the same house.
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The court ordered the man to serve the rape sentences concurrently but consecutively with the molest sentence.
The incident came to light when her colleague saw a message from the man in the victim’s handphone.
A police report had been lodged on Aug 27 this year and the man was arrested at 5pm on the said day.
The man was also jailed another four months for illegal entry.
After serving the jail terms, the man was ordered to be referred to the Immigration Department.
Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Bryan Francis urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence on the grounds that the man had raped his own daughter whom he should have protected instead of raped.
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