26 May 2022
Mohamad Shafie Bin Abdul Rani [ ]
- Citation
- AA-42JSKS(A)-1-08/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- A
- Case number
- AA-42JSKS(A)-1-08/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court dismissed the appeals and affirmed the Sessions Court because the trial judge's findings that the complainant's consistent oral testimony was credible and corroborated by medical evidence (SP3 and SP7) and witness SP6 were entitled to deference; the charges, although not specifying an exact date, were not defective given clear time/place particulars; no legal requirement for corroboration in sexual offence convictions where complainant is credible; and sentences were within judicial discretion.
- Carnal intercourse against the order of nature (unnatural intercourse)
- Assault or use of criminal force to outrage modesty (s.354)
- Relationship of trust and child sexual offences
- Prima facie test at close of prosecution case
- Credibility and corroboration of complainant evidence
- Sentence discretion and consecutive sentences