Night market trader claims trial to raping stepdaughter 08 Feb 2021 / 14:32 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
IPOH: A night market trader was charged in the Sessions Court, here, today on three counts of raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter, last year.
However, the 48-year-old man pleaded not guilty to all charges that were read out to him before Judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini.
On the first and second counts, the man was charged with raping the victim, aged 13 during the incidents, on a Saturday in June and July last year, at 2.30 pm and 2 pm respectively, at a house in Kampung Banjar, Ayer Tawar, Manjung.
He was also charged with raping the victim on Dec 26, 2020, at about 3.30 pm at the same location.
Monday, 11 Jan 2021 01:30 PM MYT
By John Bunyan
Former estate worker M. Sugu at the Session Court in Ipoh January 11, 2021. Picture by Farhan Najib
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IPOH, Jan 11 A former estate worker M. Sugu escaped jail term with a three-year good behaviour bond of RM8,000 after pleading guilty at the Sessions Court here to possessing an offensive weapon in July last year.
Judge Norashima Khalid meted out the sentence after the 30-year-old pleaded guilty during the trial proceeding on charges of possessing a dangerous weapon.
Norashima also ordered Sugu to pay RM3,000 for the prosecution cost.