Disabled teenager charged with sexual assault to be referred for psychiatric assessment


KUALA LUMPUR: The defence in the case of a girl being sexually assaulted by a disabled teenager in a mosque in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, on Tuesday requested that the accused be referred to a psychiatrist.

Lawyer Lingswaran Singh, representing the 19-year-old accused, told Ampang Sessions Court Judge Norshila Kamarudin that the application to refer his client for psychiatric assessment was made under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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