Ex-soldier who raped, sodomised daughter jailed for 24 years


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Court of Appeal here on Tuesday (Sept 14) ordered a former soldier who was found guilty of raping and sodomising his daugther five years ago to be sentenced to 24 years in jail, effective on Tuesday.

The three-judge panel, led by judge Datuk Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, unanimously ordered that the 18-year and six-year concurrent sentences handed down by the Johor Bahru Sessions Court be run consecutively instead.

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