A three-man bench dismisses Hamizan Nawai’s appeal against his conviction and sentence for sexually assaulting a former student.
Bernama reported that a three-man bench chaired by Justice Noorin Badaruddin dismissed Hamizan Nawai’s appeal against his conviction and sentence, ruling that there was no reason to disturb the findings made by both the sessions court and the High Court.
Noorin, sitting with Justices Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid and Amarjeet Singh, issued a warrant of committal for Hamizan to begin serving his sentence today.
Hamizan, 49, had previously obtained a stay of execution and was released on RM13,000 bail with one surety pending the disposal of his appeal.
On May 9 last year, the Teluk Intan sessions court found him guilty of three counts of sexually assaulting the 15-year-old girl, who was his student at the time, at a house in Batang Padang, Perak, in April, May and June 2022.
The court sentenced him to 11 years’ imprisonment and one stroke of the rotan on each charge, with the prison terms ordered to run concurrently.
He was also sentenced to an additional year in prison and two strokes of the rotan for an offence under Section 16(1) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which relates to sexual offences committed by a person in a position of trust over a child.
On Feb 6 this year, the Ipoh High Court affirmed the sessions court’s decision.
During today’s proceedings, Hamizan’s lawyer Syahri Adnan argued that the victim’s testimony contained inconsistencies regarding the dates of the alleged incidents.
Deputy public prosecutor Mariah Omar, however, countered that the victim’s testimony was legally sound and supported by documentary evidence and strong corroborating testimony from witnesses. - FMT
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