Joint trial for businessman and woman who prostituted underaged girl

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MIRI: The Sessions Court here ordered a joint trial on March 5 to 9 next year for a prominent local businessman holding the title ‘Dato’ and the single mother charged for prostituting a 12-year-old girl to the businessman.

Deputy Public DPP Wan Mohd I’zzat Wan Abdullah said the joint trial was necessary because both cases involved the same witnesses, places and time.

I’zzat also told the court that the accused Dato Ibrahim Ahmad Darvesh Mohd Deen @ Ibrahim Din, 82 had undergone medical check-up for impotency.

Sessions Court Judge Steve Ritikos fixed Nov 17 for further mention of the case and monitoring the result of the medical check-up.

He also ordered the single mother Ayu Abu Bakar, 31, from Kampung Lereng Bukit, Miri be detained further in Miri Prison pending trial as she failed to pay the RM25,000 cash bail in two local sureties.

Ibrahim meanwhile was released on cash bail of RM15,000 in two local sureties on October 5 after he pleaded not guilty to raping the underaged girl.

Ayu faced three charges of prostituting a 12-year-old girl to Ibrahim from Piasau Jaya Phase 1 who faces two charges; one framed under Section 376(1)(d) of the Penal Code, for rape without consent, which carries a maximum jail term of 30 years, and liable to whipping.

For the second offence framed under Section 376 (1) of the Penal Code, the penalty upon conviction for Ibrahim is a jail term of up to 20 years and also liable to whipping.

As for Ayu who is charged with one offence under Sub-Section 372(1)(d) of the Penal Code and two offences under Sub-Section 372(1)(a) of the same Code, upon conviction she could be jailed up to 15 years and whipping, and shall also be liable to fine, for each of the offence.

Ayu allegedly committed the first offence on Aug 31 this year at 12am, at a budget hotel here, by wrongfully restraining the victim in a room with the intention that the victim has sexual intercourse with Ibrahim.

The second offence was committed at the same hotel on the same date and time and the third offence at another budget hotel on Sept 11 at 8pm, by prostituting the girl to Ibrahim.

According to the brief facts of case, Ibrahim allegedly raped the underaged girl, in two separate budget hotels here at 12.40am on Aug 31, and another, about 8pm on Sept 11.