Appeals court upholds 20-year jail sentence on man for raping 7-year-old granddaughter


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal upheld the 20-year jail sentence imposed on a man for raping his seven-year-old granddaughter six years ago.

The three-man bench comprising Justices Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Azmi Ariffin dismissed the 71-year-old's appeal for a lower jail sentence.

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