Labourer gets 33 years, 20 cane strokes for rape, trespass


PUTRAJAYA: A labourer who pleaded guilty to raping a civil servant twice and unlawfully entering her home has been sentenced to 33 years in prison and 20 strokes of the cane.

The Court of Appeal, in a decision delivered Friday (March 21) by a three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, dismissed Hassan Ahmad's appeal to have his 20-year and 10-year prison terms for the rape offences run concurrently.

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