Facebook rapist pays price

SIBU: A 30-year-old lorry driver from a village in Teku was sentenced to five years’ jail and a stroke of the rotan for two counts of statutory rape of a girl whom he befriended on Facebook.

Sessions Court judge Indra Ayub, who ordered that the sentence run concurrently, said he passed the verdict after taking into consideration the accused’s plea of guilt, his mitigation, the facts of the case, public interest, the victim’s impact statement, and the prosecutor’s call for a deterrent sentence.