Man gets 21 years, 24 strokes for raping daughter 14 times

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SANDAKAN: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday sentenced a father to 21 years in jail and ordered him to be given 24 strokes of cane for raping his 12-year-old daughter.

Magistrate Egusra Ali passsed the sentences to the 43-year-old man who was charged under Section 376 (3) of the Penal Code for raping his only daughter more than 14 times since November 21 last year until January this year at Kampung Linayukan in Tongod.

The court was told that the 12-year and three-month-old victim was first raped around 8am on November 20, 2014.

The second and third incidents happened around 3pm and 8pm on November 21, 2014. The fourth time was around 8am the following day.

She was also raped twice on November 25, 2014 at around 11am and 11pm.

The victim was raped for three consecutive days at 8am on November 26, 2014, at 2pm on November 27, and around 9am on November 28.

The father raped her daughter four times on December 21, 22, 24 and 25 around 6pm, 2pm, 11.30pm, 11.30pm respectively.

She was raped for the last time around 10am on January 5, this year, the court heard.

Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Faizal Bin Md Noor told the court that the victim was raped more than 14 times and molested more than 13 times by her father.

However, she could only recall being raped 14 times.

The court was told that some rapes took place when the other children of the accused were not at home while some incidents happened when they were at home but did realize that their father was raping the victim.

The victim’s mother lodged a police report on May 27 this year after realising that her daughter is pregnant.

The court was told that further investigation revealed that the victim is now in her 26th week of pregnancy.

The victim is under the care of Welfare Department for protection and counseling purposes.