KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a man to eight years’ imprisonment for raping his then 15-year-old girlfriend.
Judge Marutin Pagan passed the sentence on Bobson Meon, 24, after the accused pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 371(1) of the Penal Code.
The charge carries a maximum 20 years’ jail and whipping upon conviction.
According to the brief facts of the case, the accused and the victim had consensual sexual intercourse in 2017 at a house in Biawak, Lundu.
The girl was a minor at the material time.
The matter was exposed when the girl’s mother discovered a pregnancy test kit in her daughter’s bedroom.
Upon being questioned, the teen admitted to having had sex with Bobson several times, either at his or her home. She delivered a baby boy on Feb 2 this year.
DPP Azahari Yusof prosecuted.