PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has reinstated the conviction of an assistant contractor for the statutory rape of his 14-year-old former girlfriend, ordering him to begin serving an eight-year prison sentence with two strokes of the cane.
A three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Azman Abdullah, Datuk Azmi Ariffin and Datuk Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid allowed the prosecution's appeal, overturning the High Court's decision to acquit and discharge Syazwan Afiq Shariff.
