Labourer sentenced to 15 years’ jail, 12 strokes of the cane for raping stepdaughter


KOTA KINABALU: A labourer was sentenced to 15 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter several times over these past five months.

The 44-year-old Indonesian was handed the sentence after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting the girl four times between January and May this year, before Sandakan Sessions Court judge Zaini Fishir @ Fisal on Thursday (May 29).

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