Jail, cane for raping, impregnating girl

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LAHAD DATU: The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced a man to 18 years in jail and eight strokes of cane for raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl two years ago.

Sarulam Bin Mohd Idris, 22, received the sentence after he pleaded guilty before judge Steve Ritikos to a charge under Section 376 (2) of the Penal Code.

The accused was detained on May 8, this year at Kampung Sungai Bilis, Tanjung Labian.

The deputy public prosecutor told the court that about 3.20pm on October 1, 2013 the victim went to the accused’s house at Felda Sahabat 27 for a conversation.

The accused later raped the victim, who was 15 years and 11 months.

On November 15, 2013 the victim found out that she was pregnant after she missed her period and told her family.

Her family later met the accused to discuss the matter and the accused admitted to raping the victim and wanted to marry her.

However, the family turned down his wish as the victim was still young and would be sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination.

The victim lodged a police report on January 16, 2014.

Police investigation revealed that the victim was the accused’s girlfriend.

The victim gave birth to baby girl on June 28, 2014 and the DNA of the baby matched the DNA of the accused.

The court ordered the accused to serve his sentence from the date of arrest.