30 May 2024
KAMARUZAMAN BIN JAFFAR
- Citation
- J-09-169-07/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- J-09-169-07/2023 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
The Court upheld the trial judge's credibility findings and concluded the prosecution discharged its burden: the 2013 offence was statutory rape (victim aged 15) and required no consent proof; the 2018 offence was proved to be non-consensual by the victim's consistent testimony corroborated by family witnesses, medical evidence and the accused's incriminating conduct. Convictions were therefore affirmed; concurrent/consecutive sentencing exercise was lawful and the sentences were ordered to run consecutively, with a reduction in the number of strokes for the 2018 offence from 15 to 10.