Court of Appeal upholds 28-year sentence, caning for man convicted of raping his wife’s 12-year-old sister
Justice Datuk Azman Abdullah said the victim’s testimony describing the rape was supported by medical evidence, adding that the victim would not make up stories against the appellant. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Thursday, 05 Feb 2026 9:14 AM MYT
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 5 — The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the 28-year prison sentence and 24 strokes of the cane imposed on a grass cutter convicted of three counts of raping his sister-in-law.
The 41-year-old man’s final appeal against his conviction and sentences was dismissed by a three-man bench comprising Justices Datuk Azman Abdullah, Datuk Noorin Badaruddin and Datuk Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid.
Delivering the unanimous decision, Justice Azman said the victim’s testimony describing the rape was supported by medical evidence, adding that the victim would not make up stories against the appellant.
He added that the 14-year prison sentence imposed by the Sessions Court for each charge was not excessive.
According to the charges, the father of two was accused of raping the victim, who was 12 years old at the time, once in February and twice in July 2021 at a house in Marang, Terengganu.
On September 8, 2024, the Sessions Court sentenced the man to 14 years’ jail and 10 strokes of the cane for each charge.
The court ordered the sentences for the second and third charges to run concurrently, after completion of the sentence for the first charge.
However, the man will only be given 24 strokes of the cane based on the maximum permitted under Section 288 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
On May 22 last year, the High Court dismissed the man’s appeal and upheld the decision of the Sessions Court, prompting him to file an appeal to the Court of Appeal.
At the appeal hearing in the Court of Appeal, lawyer Nik Mohamed Ikhwan Nik Mahamud represented the man while deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Arif Aizuddin Masrom appeared for the prosecution. — Bernama
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In rapes of minors, castration may be appropriate, chemical castration lah, wakakaka.
I sapot castration if minors are the victims. But this British judge let the rapist go free. Very Aneh.
ReplyDeleteDid he follow the UK lawbook or "some other lawbook?'
This is Judge Amjad Nawaz. He just allowed a 70-year-old muslim to walk free after sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.
In 2016, he did the same with a similar case involving a muslim. Yet, in the same year, he gave a white man 8yrs for rape.
One person commented:
Judge Nawaz is a Pakistani Muslim apparently and in his comments said the offender could be managed within the community.
Despicable. We now have foreign judges making judgements based on bias towards their own community.
Very Aneh Indeed
https://x.com/Suffragent_/status/2019127976143778142?s=20
TS, don't agitate - tell the full story (Daily Mail)
DeleteMigrant, 70, who told girl, 12, to 'cover her head' before sexually assaulting her on way home from school is spared jail
By CHARLIE MOLONEY, JOURNALIST
Published: 20:32 AEDT, 3 February 2026 | Updated: 22:46 AEDT, 3 February 2026
A 70-year-old migrant has been spared jail for sexually assaulting a young girl 'while encouraging her to cover her head'.
Chaudhry Zaman had forcibly held the 12-year-old girl's hand while she was walking home from school in Slough, Berkshire, then kissed her.
He told jurors he had been encouraging the girl to cover her head and telling her how she could do so.
The girl said her father now had to pick her up from school and she feels anxious during the school run.
Zaman, who was assisted by a Punjabi interpreter in court, was spared jail, in part due to his age.
The court heard the girl lost friends in her community after she came forward to make the allegation.
Judge Amjad Nawaz, describing the incident, told Zaman: 'CCTV shows you holding her hand. She says she did not want to, her hand was forcibly held.
'You were seen sitting on a bench with her and that is where she said that you kissed her on her lips.'
Chaudhry Zaman had forcibly held the girl¿s hand while she was walking home from school in Slough, Berkshire, then kissed her.
Chaudhry Zaman had forcibly held the girl's hand while she was walking home from school in Slough, Berkshire, then kissed her.
'You claimed you were speaking to her and asking her, encouraging her, to cover her head and you were trying to tell her how she should cover her head.'
Ian Wright, prosecuting, said: 'The defendant asked the child to be friends with him, asked her if she loved him and told her to keep it a secret.'
Mr Wright told how the victim was aged 12 years at the time and the defendant, who had no previous convictions recorded against him, was 68.
The prosecutor said the judge had raised a question about Zaman's 'immigration status' following the trial.
He informed the court that the defendant was in the UK lawfully.
In a victim personal statement, the victim said: 'After this happened to me, I found it really overwhelming.
'I felt like throwing up because I felt so anxious about going to school again.
'I did not feel like I could talk to anyone about what had happened because I did not think they would understand.'
The girl told Reading crown court that in the weeks following the incident she had lost some of her friendships.
'I was picked up from school by my dad to make sure I was safe', she added. 'This changed my routine and my family's routine a lot. I still feel anxious now about what happened and I wish it did not happen to me.'