The Court of Appeal has affirmed the 12-year prison sentence and nine strokes of the cane imposed on a former physical education teacher for physically sexually assaulting his 15-year-old student in 2022.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today upheld the 12-year jail sentence and nine strokes of the cane imposed on a former physical education (PE) teacher for three counts of physical sexual assault on his former student four years ago.
A three-man bench chaired by Justice Datuk Noorin Badaruddin dismissed Mohd Hamizan Nawai’s appeal against conviction and sentence, ruling that there was no reason to disturb the findings made by both the Sessions Court and the High Court.
“The decisions of both the Sessions Court and the High Court are upheld,” she said.
