KOTA KINABALU: The Sessions Court here yesterday fixed July 21-22 for the trial of a local security guard charged with sodomizing a five-year-old boy, and criminally intimidating the victim.
Judge Azhaniz Teh Azman Teh fixed the dates when Ismail Hassan’s case came up for case management.
The 36-year-old accused had maintained a plea of not guilty to performing anal sex on the victim, a child of his neighbour, in the room of a house in Inanam, on August 7, 2013.
The charge is framed under Section 377C of the Penal Code which carries a maximum 20 years’ imprisonment, and shall also be liable to whipping, upon conviction.
He faces a second charge with the intention of causing fear towards the victim on the same day.
The offence is stipulated under Section 506 of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of up to two years, or with fine, or both, upon conviction.
The court ordered the accused to be further remanded under Section 259 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Deputy public prosecutor Nartiah F Mirchelle Sambatan acted for the prosecution while the accused was unrepresented.