Published on: Friday, December 11, 2020
By: Jo Ann Mool
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Kota Kinabalu: A 37-year-old man, charged with raping his 13-year-old daughter two years ago, was ordered to enter his defence to the charge.
Sessions Court Judge Elsie Primus who made the order on Thursday said that the court was satisfied that the prosecution had proved a prima facie case against the man.
Elsie set Jan 25-26, next year for the man’s defence.
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The man was accused of committing the crime at 9am on April 7, 2018 in a house in Penampang.
He was charged under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of between eight years and 30 years and whipping of not less than 10 times.
Published on: Thursday, December 10, 2020
By: Jo Ann Mool
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Kota Kinabalu: A 34-year-old private van driver, who was charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy, was ordered to enter his defence.
Sessions Court Judge Elsie Primus, Wednesday, held that the court found that the prosecution had proved a prima facie case against the accused, Agoes Han Suin.
The court set Dec 17-18 for Agoes’ defence.
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Earlier, counsel Al Hafidz Lokman informed the court that the defence would be calling three witnesses.
Agoes had on July 23, 2018 claimed trial to the charge under Section 14(d) of the Sexual Offences against Children Act 2017.
Published on: Thursday, December 10, 2020
By: Jo Ann Mool
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Kota Kinabalu: Two men, who are the uncle and brother-in-law of a 10-year-old girl, claimed trial to raping her at the Sessions Court here.
Both accused’s cases were supposedly for facts and sentencing on Wednesday but they informed Judge Elsie Primus that they wished to change their plea to not guilty to the charges against them.
The men, who were farmers, had previously in October and November, pleaded guilty to the charge against them, respectively.
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The 31-year-old brother-in-law faced two charges.
On the first count, he was accused of raping the minor at 8am on Sept 30, this year, in the room of a house at a village in Pitas.