PUTRAJAYA: A former food delivery rider has been acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court here on a charge of committing physical sexual assault on an eight-year-old girl.
Judge Datin M. Kunasundary freed Mohamad Shahril Abu Hanifa at the end of the prosecution's case on Friday (Sept 23) without ordering him to enter his defence, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against him.
In her decision, she said evidence adduced by the prosecution showed that the victim did not recognise the perpetrator and there was no thorough probe by the investigating officer.
Mohamad Shahril, 42, was charged under Section 14 (a) of the Sexual Offences against Children Act 2017 with committing the offence on the girl at Precinct 15, Putrajaya at 6.30pm on June 7, 2020.
He was represented by lawyers Haresh Mahadevan, Ramzani Idris and Vivi Aznita Zaina’ Larifin, while deputy public prosecutor Julaila Jamaludin appeared for the prosecution. – Bernama
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