8 Aug 2024
ZAINUDDIN BIN MAT ISA
- Citation
- AA-42JSKS-2-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- AA-42JSKS-2-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court dismissed the appellant's challenge to convictions: the six offences were rightly tried together as they formed a single series of connected sexual acts (same victim, same place, proximate dates and unity of purpose) falling within s.165 KTJ; the child complainant was found credible and her testimony was corroborated by contemporaneous police report, medical findings of new hymenal tears and the seizure of the dildo; defence recordings and alibi were inconsistent and did not raise reasonable doubt. On sentence the court intervened to prevent a crushing aggregate term by orderin…