The Court of Appeal ruled there was no reason to disturb the findings made by both the sessions court and the High Court against Hamizan Nawai.PETALING JAYA: The Court of Appeal today upheld the 12-year jail sentence and five strokes of the rotan imposed on a former physical education teacher for sexually assaulting a former student in 2022.
Bernama reported that a three-man bench chaired by Justice Noorin Badaruddin dismissed Hamizan Nawai's appeal against his conviction and sentence, ruling that there was no reason to disturb the findings made by both the sessions court and the High Court.
Noorin, sitting with Justices Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid and Amarjeet Singh, issued a warrant of committal for Hamizan to begin serving his sentence today.
