GEORGE TOWN: The High Court on Tuesday enhanced the sentence of a welder for the rape of a 15-year-old student after an appeal by the prosecution.
Judge Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim imposed a jail term of 15 years and 10 strokes of the cane on M. Retnam, 33, who was penalised with a jail term of seven years and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court in July last year.
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