30 Dec 2025
MOHAMAD ABU AKKAS
- Citation
- JA-42JSKS-11-04/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- JA-42JSKS-11-04/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The conviction and sentence were upheld because the trial judge's factual findings — that the child victim gave credible tactile evidence of repeated anal penetration, that the Appellant occupied the only position of opportunity behind the victim, and that the victim thereafter identified the Appellant at the doorway — were open on the evidence; corroboration from family members and medical findings supported the account; alternative hypotheses (third party or constipation) were speculative and were not put as factual propositions to witnesses, therefore the conviction beyond reasonable doubt…