Man gets 21 years’ jail, 12 rotan strokes for raping stepdaughter in Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to 21 years in jail after the Sessions Court here found him guilty of raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

Judge Elsie Primus also ordered 12 strokes of the cane on the man when handing down the sentence on Friday (June 13) after ruling that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt at the close of the defence.

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