PUTRAJAYA: A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail and 19 strokes of the cane for sexually assaulting 12 girls and producing pornography.
This was affirmed after Amir Layi, 25, withdrew his appeal against his sentence of 15 years’ jail and 18 strokes of the rotan for three charges of committing physical sexual assault on three children and three charges of producing pornography.
Amir, however, did not appeal against his five-year jail term and one stroke of the rotan imposed by the High Court for sexual assault charges involving other child victims, two charges of inciting a child to an act of gross indecency and one charge of outraging the modesty of a child.
Earlier, Amir’s lawyer Azlan Shah Allias informed a three-member Court of Appeal panel comprising Kamaludin Md Said, M Gunalan and Nordin Hassan that his client wished to withdraw the appeal. Deputy public prosecutor Fairuz Johari said he had no objection.
Amir was charged at the Kuala Terengganu sessions court in April 2018 with three counts of making pornography, 12 charges of sexually assaulting children, two charges of inciting a child to an act of gross indecency and one of outraging modesty.
He pleaded guilty to all the charges on Dec 10, 2018 and was sentenced to a total of 16 years’ jail and 19 strokes of the rotan.
He was given 15 years’ jail and 18 strokes of the rotan for the three counts of producing pornography and three counts of sexually assaulting three children aged six, seven and eight, and a year’s imprisonment each for the rest of the charges involving other victims and one stroke of the rotan, with the sentences to run concurrently.
On July 31, 2019, Amir was given in total a jail sentence of 20 years and 19 strokes of the rotan after the High Court allowed the prosecution’s appeal to increase the one-year jail sentence for each of the other charges to five years’ jail and one stroke of the rotan, to run concurrently.
The court, however, dismissed the prosecution’s appeal and upheld the 15 years’ jail and 18 strokes of the rotan for the three charges of making pornography and three sexual assault charges.
It also ordered Amir to begin his five-year jail term after he completed his 15-year jail sentence.
According to the charge sheet, Amir committed the offences in several locations in the Marang and Kuala Terengganu districts in Terengganu between Jan 1, 2017 and March 26, 2018. - FMT
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