10 Oct 2024
Muhammad Nazizam Abdullah
- Citation
- JB-42JSKH-6-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- JB-42JSKH-6-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court held the trial judge did not err in principle when imposing long custodial sentences given the serious aggravated nature of repeated incestuous rape of a child and the public interest in deterrence, but allowed the appeal in part by reducing the aggregate term imposed on the seven s.376(3) rape counts from 30 years to 27 years in recognition of the applicant's early plea; maintained the separate 5-year and additional 3-year sentences and preserved the concurrency/consecutive structure; clarified that the total number of strokes to be executed is 24 in accordance with s.288(1) C…