KLANG: The High Court here has set aside a 1,050-year jail sentence – the highest to date for a rape offence – imposed on a man for raping his underage stepdaughter, and reduced it to 42 years.
Judge Datuk Azmi Abdullah made the decision on Monday (March 7) after allowing an appeal by the 34-year-old accused against the original sentence by the Klang Sessions Court.
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