Man jailed, caned for trespassing, molesting sleeping woman in Batu Kawa home
By Dorcas Ting KUCHING, Nov 6: A man who trespassed into a woman’s home and touched her inappropriately while she was asleep has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and two strokes of the rotan. The accused, who was unrepresented, pleaded guilty to both charges when they were read out to him at the Magistrates’ Court here today. Magistrate Nureina Syafika Mohd Najib sentenced him on both charges on the same day. For house trespass under Section 448 of the Penal Code, he was sentenced to five…
A man was jailed for 14 months and caned for trespassing and molesting a sleeping woman in Batu Kawa.
The man pleaded guilty to trespassing and molesting a woman while she slept.
He received 14 months in prison and two strokes of the rotan.
The incident occurred on Oct 30 at a housing scheme in Batu Kawa.
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KUCHING, Nov 6: A man who trespassed into a woman’s home and touched her inappropriately while she was asleep has been sentenced to 14 months in prison and two strokes of the rotan.
The accused, who was unrepresented, pleaded guilty to both charges when they were read out to him at the Magistrates’ Court here today.
Magistrate Nureina Syafika Mohd Najib sentenced him on both charges on the same day.
For house trespass under Section 448 of the Penal Code, he was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment, while the charge of using criminal force with intent to outrage modesty under Section 354 of the same Code carried a 14-month jail term and two strokes of the rotan.
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