KOTA KINABALU: The Sessions Court here yesterday jailed a local teenager for three years for raping his underage girlfriend last year.
Judge Ismail Brahim found Martin Musa, 19, guilty of raping the 12-year-old girl in a bedroom at a factory workers’ quarters in Jalan Lumadan, Beaufort on Oct 3, 2011.
In his reserved judgment, Ismail held that the defence had failed to cast reasonable doubt on the prosecution’s case.
The accused, who was defended by counsel Datuk Norbert Chin, was convicted under Section 376 (1) of the Penal Code, which provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and whipping.
Martin was ordered to serve his jail sentence from Oct 3, 2011, which was the date of his arrest.