FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2014 file photo, Malaysian military officer Muhammad Rizalman Ismail stands in the dock at a court hearing in Wellington, New Zealand. The Malaysian military officer whose legal case prompted outrage after he left New Zealand under the protection of diplomatic immunity was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 to nine months of home detention after pleading guilty to indecent assault. (AP Photo/Nick Perry, File)
KUALA LUMPUR: Former second warrant officer Muhammad Rizalman Ismail (pic) has been sentenced to nine months of home detention in New Zealand after he was found guilty of indecently assaulting Wellington woman Tania Billingsley at her home on May 9, 2014.
The decision was made by the Wellington High Court after hearing submissions from defence lawyer Dr Donald Stevens and Crown prosecutor Grant Burston, reported NZ Herald on its online news portal, nzherald.co.nz, yesterday.
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