"Public interest will not be served if (the rapist) was given a custodial sentence when he had a bright future .."
Read this article and throw up!
08 August 2012 | last updated at 03:45PM
National bowler escapes custodial sentence for statutory rape
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PUTRAJAYA: A national bowler escaped custodial sentence for committing statutory rape with a 13-year-old girl three years ago.
The Court of Appeal yesterday allowed Noor Afizal Azizan's appeal against the High Court decision to sentence him to five years jail.
A three-man panel led by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Raus Sharif substituted the jail term with a bound over for good behaviour for five years.
If Noor Afizal breached the order, his bailor will have to pay RM25,000.
Raus in his decision agreed with counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, who represented Noor Afizal, that public interest would not be served if his client was given a custodial sentence when he had a bright future.
Hisyam said that Noor Afizal was 18 years old when the offence was committed.
The Sessions Court in Malacca bound over Noor Afizal for good behaviour on a RM25,000 bond for five years after he pleaded guilty to raping the girl at a hotel in Ayer Keroh, Malacca on June 5, 2009.
The Sessions Court, on July 5 last year, in binding him over considered several factors including that there was a consensual sexual relationship between him and the girl.
The public prosecutor successfully appealed to the High Court on Sept 20 last year and obtained a five year jail term.
Noor Afizal, now 21, represented Negeri Sembilan between 2004-2010 and at the same time he represented Malaysia in the National Youth Category for five years between 2004-2008.
He is expected to represent Kedah in several up-coming tournaments such as the KL International Open Championship 2012.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nadia Hanim Mohd Tajuddin appeared for the prosecution.
Read more: National bowler escapes custodial sentence for statutory rape - Latest - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/latest/national-bowler-escapes-custodial-sentence-for-statutory-rape-1.122386##ixzz22zaAHTCV
Consensual sex? Excuse me. The girl was 13 when she was raped by the man (who was 18 when the crime was committed). She would be 16 and still a minor today. What consensual sex?
So what is the message that YA Rauf Sharif is sending to us? That it is not ok for a loser to rape someone's little girl but it is OK if the rapist happens to be a fantastic bowler, a national star, someone with a bright future?
What about the minor's future?
- rocky's bru
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