10 Oct 2024
Muhammad Nazizam Abdullah
- Citation
- JB-42JSKH-5-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- JB-42JSKH-5-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court held the sentencing judge did not err in principle: the offences involved repeated, planned incestuous rape of a child with severe consequences, justifying a deterrent and retributive long sentence; early guilty plea entitled appellant to a limited reduction, resulting in reduction of the 30‑year term to 27 years for the seven s.376(3) counts while the s.14(a) five‑year and s.16(1) three‑year sentences and the concurrency/consecutive ordering were upheld; confusion over caning quantum was resolved by directing total of 24 strokes only.