15 years’ jail plus 11 strokes of the rotan for rape

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SIBU: A 58-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to 15 years’ jail and ordered to be given 11 strokes of the rotan after he was found guilty of four counts of rape.

Sessions Court Judge Indra Ayub also ordered the accused to pay a compensation of RM40,000 to the victim under Section 426 (1A) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

For the first count, Bunya was sentenced to 15 years’ jail with effect from Oct 31, 2013 and was given five strokes of the rotan.

For the same count, the court ordered him to pay a compensation of RM10,000 to his victim, or six months’ jail if the payment were defaulted.

For each of the second, third, and fourth counts, he was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment with effect from Oct 31, 2013, and was to be given two strokes of the rotan as well as a compensation of RM10,000 to the victim. Six months’ imprisonment if the payment was defaulted.

The sentences are to run concurrently.

Bunya raped a 15-year-old girl between 2pm and 3pm on May, June, July, and August, 2011 at a budget hotel in Kampung Nyabor Road.

In his mitigation, he insisted he had not committed any offence.