Appeals Court upholds prison sentence, whipping on former teacher for sexual assault


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a nine-year jail sentence and two strokes of the cane imposed on a former Arab language teacher of a primary school for physical sexual assault on a 10-year-old male student.

This followed a decision by a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal led by Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim in dismissing the appeal by Mohd Shahril Shaffie, 38, against his conviction and sentence handed down by the Putrajaya Sessions Court in 2020.

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