Court of Appeal upholds former lorry driver's 17-year jail term for raping niece

The final appeal of the 41-year-old man against his punishment was unanimously turned down by a panel of three judges comprising Justices Yaacob Md Sam, Rhodzariah Bujang and Hadhariah Syed Ismail.

"It must be reminded that the court gives its attention to rape cases involving children which are quite rampant now and the court is sending a clear signal to those who intend to commit such acts that the court would not be lenient with such offences, ” he said. However, deputy public prosecutor Zaki Asyraf Zubir argued that the sentence by the Sessions Court commensurates with the offence of the appellant.

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