20-year jail term for man who killed niece stays


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has affirmed the 20-year jail sentence on an unemployed man for causing the death of his three-year-old niece who had 56 stab wounds on her body.

According to the facts of the case, Goh Jie Keat was cutting a plastic package with a pair of scissors when his niece persistently teased him and asked him to play with her. He could not bear the teasing and stabbed the child.

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