Jail, cane for sodomizing and threatening boy

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KOTA KINABALU: A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane for sodomizing and threatening an eight-year-old boy.

Judge Indra Ayub delivered the sentence on Ismail Hassan after he was found guilty on the first count of committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature on the boy at a house in a village in Inanam at 2 pm on August 7, 2013 and on the second count for threatening the boy at the same time and place.

On the first count, he was charged under Section 377C of the Penal Code for which he was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and two strokes of the cane.

On the second count, he was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code for which he was sentenced to two years imprisonment. He was, however, allowed to serve the sentences concurrently from his date of arrest.

In his mitigation plea, Ismail asked for a lenient sentence as he has to take care of his family and his aging parents, and for the prison sentence to commence from the date of his arrest.

Deputy public prosecutor, Aidah Fatimah, however, pressed for a heavy punishment as Ismail not only knows the victim but was also good friends with the victim’s mother. She also highlighted the seriousness and rampant incidences of such crime nowadays and urged the court to mete out a sentence that would run consecutively.

After sentencing, Ismail was informed that he had the right to file a notice of appeal within 14 days from the date of sentencing.